AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3840

Cores

624.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$459.99 Aug 2023 View Details

$459.99

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 7800 XT

16GB GDDR6 263W $459.99 Aug 2023

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$499 • Aug 2023

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	16 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	263 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2430 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	3840	21760
RT Cores	60	170
TMUs	240	680
ROPs	96	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	2438 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	233.3 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	624.1 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	37.32 GFLOPS	104.8 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	96.00 MB
Die Size	346 mm²	750 mm²
Transistors	28100 Million	92200 Million
Required PSU	600 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

18126

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

53022 (+193%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

148335

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

419309 (+183%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

230.1 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

624.6 FPS (+171%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

24222

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

39505 (+63%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (255 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 (+83%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+117%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+153%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+151%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+194%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+247%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+281%)

AVG 450 FPS

MIN 407 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+310%)

AVG 381 FPS

MIN 351 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+376%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 262 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+152%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+205%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+232%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

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

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+114%)

AVG 238 FPS

MIN 187 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+127%)

AVG 191 FPS

MIN 163 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+182%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+101%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+98%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+145%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

CODE VEIN II DEMO

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

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+99%)

AVG 165 FPS

MIN 151 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+143%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+204%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 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 (+143%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+173%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+189%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 255 benchmarks across 73 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

+128.8%

141

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090