ASUS
ASUS ROG XG Mobile RTX 5090
Lowest price in Canada across retailers
Last updated Oct 16, 2026
Device Type: External GPU
This is an external GPU enclosure that connects to a laptop over Thunderbolt — not a graphics card you install inside a desktop PC.
Despite the name, the GPU inside is the laptop-class part, not the desktop chip of the same name.
Prices shown are for the complete enclosure, not a bare graphics card, so we don't publish a value score for these.
Price History & Trend
ASUS ROG XG Mobile RTX 5090 price history in Canada: current low $3,599 CAD, 12-month low $3,199 CAD, 12-month median $3,499 CAD.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg Canada · Bestbuy · Canadacomputers · Memory Express.
ASUS ROG XG Mobile RTX 5090 Price Summary
Is now a good time to buy?
About average — at $3,599 CAD, the ASUS ROG XG Mobile RTX 5090 is right around its typical 12-month price of $3,499 CAD. Not a standout deal.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg Canada · Bestbuy · Canadacomputers · Memory Express.
Hardware Profile
Retail Prices
Overview
The ASUS ROG XG Mobile with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU is an external graphics dock, not a desktop card — a self-contained enclosure that brings flagship-class graphics to laptops, handhelds and mini PCs over a single cable. Launched in January 2025, it sits at the top of the XG Mobile line and pairs the Blackwell generation with a redesigned vapor-chamber cooling system.
Inside the dock is an RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, 896 GB/s of bandwidth and 10,496 CUDA cores, running at up to 150W TGP. Thunderbolt 5 handles the connection, while HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1, USB and Ethernet ports turn the dock into a full connectivity hub. It is aimed at users who want near-flagship gaming and creative performance from a portable setup without building a desktop.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Blackwell
- CUDA Cores
- 10,496
- Tensor Cores
- 328
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1,597 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 2,160 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 24 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR7
- Memory Bus
- 256-bit
- Memory Speed
- 28 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 896 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- Thunderbolt 5
- TDP
- 150 W
- Released
- Jan 20, 2025
How does the ASUS ROG XG Mobile RTX 5090 run popular games?
Fortnite
Excellent 120+353–478 fpsView report →