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What GPU has PCIe 5.0? Do any graphics cards support PCIe 5 in 2025?

Is the GPU world ready for PCIe 5.0? Here's what you need to know
Sebastian Kozlowski
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What GPU has PCIe 5.0? Do any graphics cards support PCIe 5 in 2025?
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Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have become an integral component in modern computer systems, especially for those who engage in graphics-intensive tasks like gaming and video editing. With the release of PCIe 5.0, the latest version of the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface available to users, it took some time for it to become available on consumer hardware.

Each PCIe gen is twice as fast as the one that came before it. PCIe 4, for example, transferred data at 16 GT/s, compared to the 8 GT/s in PCIe 3. PCIe 5.0 is capable of clocking 32 GT/s. But what does this mean for actual performance when it comes to PC gaming? So, choosing PCIe 4.0 vs PCIe 5.0, components like GPUs and SSDs have the ability to double their output.

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PCI Express 5.0 graphics cards

PCIe Gen 5 was released back in 2019, but like its predecessor, which came out in 2017 before being implemented in 2020, it can take some time to come into effect. But with the release of the RTX 50 and RX 90 series from Nvidia and AMD, respectively, we finally have some mainstream graphics cards with the interface available to us.

Notably, before these main companies launched their PCIe Gen 5 graphics cards, a Chinese brand, Moore’s Threads, did in fact beat them to it. The MTT S80 offered up the interface, but it isn’t exactly known for being a top-end GPU. Rather made for esports games and some lower-end capability rather than the mainstream stuff.

But now that Blackwell and RDNA 4 cards are available, you can enjoy those instead, ones made for any tasks and ranging in specs and pricing to suit various needs. Here are some of the top cards available with PCIe Gen 5 that we have reviewed, the top pick being the RTX 5090.

Even then, don’t expect a massive change in performance and offerings, as the bandwidth won’t affect it that much. Cards before haven’t maxed out PCIe Gen 4, so it’s not a limiting factor. The RTX 5090 does have a lot of throughput, so it might make the most of it. Even then, there’s only a 1-4% difference between the performance, and it shouldn’t really require a PCIe Gen 5 capable motherboard.

The only one that might be affected most is the lower-end cards. If they utilize PCIe Gen x8, for example, with 8GB of VRAM and low bandwidth, it might be best to match that. Since limiting the Generation can detrimentally affect the whole thing even more and drop performance even more.

About the Author

Sebastian Kozlowski

With a fascination for technology and games, Seb is a tech writer with a focus on hardware, news, and deals. He is also a tester and reviewer for the site. Contact him @ [email protected]