NVIDIA unveiled the DLSS 5 technology at the GTC conference in March 2026, and in September of the same year, the technology gained attention with its launch alongside NBA 2K27. As an AI-powered graphics enhancement technology, DLSS 5 can significantly improve image quality, but the power consumption increase varies among graphics cards with different performance levels after activation. The stronger the performance, the greater the increase, with the flagship RTX 5090 experiencing a particularly notable surge in power draw. This is because DLSS 5 primarily relies on Tensor cores to run AI algorithms, and the complex computations result in a substantial rise in energy consumption.
