RTX 5090 Shows Early Promise in Llama.cpp AI Benchmarks

2025-03-10

Following CUDA, OpenCL, and OptiX benchmark testing of the RTX 5090, reader interest prompted an investigation into its AI performance, specifically with Llama.cpp. Initial benchmarks comparing the RTX 5090, RTX 40-series, and RTX 30-series cards using Llama.cpp (with Llama 3.1 and Mistral 7B models) show significant performance gains for the RTX 5090 in text generation and prompt processing. Further, more in-depth benchmarks will follow based on reader interest.