amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 May 2022 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 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $1099 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $1999 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 (207 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+94%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+123%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+153%)

AVG 149 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+107%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+121%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+140%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+123%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+143%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+161%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+153%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+179%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+195%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+96%)

AVG 204 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+219%)

AVG 204 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+270%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+123%)

AVG 174 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+151%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+179%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+92%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+114%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+158%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+47%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+103%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+161%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 207 benchmarks across 62 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+109.4%

135

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090