AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

amd

Brand

20GB GDDR6

Memory

5376

Cores

800 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$580.61 Nov 2022 View Details

$599.99

$580.61

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 7900 XT

20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$899 • Nov 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 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	20 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	300 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2394 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	800 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	5376	21760
RT Cores	84	170
TMUs	336	680
ROPs	192	176
Memory Bus	320-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	459.6 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	800 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	51.48 GFLOPS	104.8 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	6.00 MB	96.00 MB
Die Size	529 mm²	750 mm²
Transistors	57700 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

24671

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

53022 (+115%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

203754

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

419309 (+106%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

323.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

624.6 FPS (+93%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

28872

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

39505 (+37%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (234 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 (+94%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+114%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+123%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+60%)

AVG 173 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+71%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+110%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 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 (+66%)

AVG 211 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+69%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+100%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 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 (+60%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 172 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+82%)

AVG 268 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+139%)

AVG 198 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+69%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 236 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+107%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 236 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+183%)

AVG 238 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+44%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+73%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+116%)

AVG 149 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 234 benchmarks across 68 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

+79.8%

139

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090