amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 Oct 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 Jan 2025 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $649 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $1999 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 (204 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+120%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+152%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+198%)

AVG 149 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+133%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+154%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+181%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+152%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+178%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+212%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+124%)

AVG 204 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+258%)

AVG 204 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+336%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+152%)

AVG 174 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+185%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+228%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+118%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+141%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+206%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+70%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+133%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+213%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 204 benchmarks across 63 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

+137.9%

136

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090