AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$749.99 May 2022 View Details

$749.99

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 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	16 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	335 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2310 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	576 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	5120	21760
RT Cores	80	170
TMUs	320	680
ROPs	128	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	2250 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	295.7 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	576 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	23.65 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

21011

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

53022 (+152%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

189857

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

419309 (+121%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

305.6 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

624.6 FPS (+104%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

28129

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

39505 (+40%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (249 benchmarks)

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Background

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+76%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+114%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+134%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+151%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+203%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+230%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+295%)

AVG 450 FPS

MIN 407 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+310%)

AVG 381 FPS

MIN 351 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+368%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 262 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+148%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+177%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+217%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+78%)

AVG 238 FPS

MIN 187 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+101%)

AVG 191 FPS

MIN 163 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+154%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Winner

Loser

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+121%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+122%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+137%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

CODE VEIN II DEMO

7.8 2026 • Action, RPG • Bandai Namco Studios Inc.

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+83%)

AVG 165 FPS

MIN 151 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+123%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+165%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure • Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+135%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+161%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+169%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 249 benchmarks across 72 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+114.8%

140

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090