AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$379.99 Oct 2020 View Details

$379.99

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5090

$2,955.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$2,955.99

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $379.99 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	16 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	300 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	4608	21760
RT Cores	72	170
TMUs	288	680
ROPs	128	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	288 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.74 GFLOPS	104.8 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	96.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	750 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	92200 Million
Required PSU	700 W	950 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

17608

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

53022 (+201%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

138858

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

419309 (+202%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

264.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

624.6 FPS (+136%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

24994

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

39505 (+58%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (312 benchmarks)

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+125%)

AVG 189 FPS

MIN 164 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+145%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+203%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+125%)

AVG 189 FPS

MIN 164 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+145%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+203%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+184%)

AVG 190 FPS

MIN 172 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+171%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+177%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+107%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+129%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+167%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+131%)

AVG 199 FPS

MIN 183 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+156%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+218%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+127%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 195 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+156%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 178 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+210%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+279%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+329%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+388%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 8 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 312 benchmarks across 88 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

+147.4%

137

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090