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 (282 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+236%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+264%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+314%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+63%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+95%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+144%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+116%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+137%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+174%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+110%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+136%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+146%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+107%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+117%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+139%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+66%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+94%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+132%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+34%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+43%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+75%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+127%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+148%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+166%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 282 benchmarks across 79 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+116.1%

138

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090