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

$829.99

$749.99

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5090

$2,955.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$2,999.99

$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 (228 benchmarks)

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

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+92%)

AVG 173 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+104%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+156%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+77%)

AVG 211 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+81%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+118%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+63%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+89%)

AVG 268 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+164%)

AVG 198 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+77%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 236 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+113%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 236 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+187%)

AVG 238 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

Winner

Loser

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

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 228 benchmarks across 67 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+110.7%

138

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090