GIGABYTE reveals AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box: external GPU supports 120Gbps with Thunderbolt 5

GIGABYTE unveiled its new AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box at Computex 2025, where we were on the ground snapping some photos of the new external GPU solution.

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The company might not be the first with a high-end external GPU solution -- something ASUS revealed earlier this year with its ROG XG 2025 external GPU -- but it has the fastest eGPU solution with its new AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box. GIGABYTE's new AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box is an external GPU box with a built-in ATX 3.1 PSU and a super-fast Thunderbolt 5 interface blasting up to 120Gbps of bandwidth thanks to the use of asymmetric bandwidth boost.

This means that the host to the GPU transmit stream speeds along at 120Gbps, while the host to the GPU stream runs at 40Gbps. The new AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box has a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card inside, and an AIO cooler to keep thermals under control.

We've also got a ton of I/O on the AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box, with Thunderbolt 5 downstream for daisy-chaining, Thunderbolt DisplayPort passthrough, USB 4, DisplayPort, HDMI, 20Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2, and 2.5GbE ethernet. There's also some USB ports with USB-PD 3.0 quick-charging support, too.

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GIGABYTE says its new AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box has over 3000+ AI TOPS for those AI workloads that you might run on your laptop, will be super-sped up on the AORUS RTX 5090 AI Box, especially if the GPU solution -- or lack thereof -- isn't up to scratch.

No pricing or availability was provided, but we'll dig for more of that info tomorrow when we're on the show floor.