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

$580.61

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 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 (315 benchmarks)

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+67%)

AVG 189 FPS

MIN 164 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+89%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+120%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+67%)

AVG 189 FPS

MIN 164 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+89%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+120%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+116%)

AVG 190 FPS

MIN 172 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+100%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+106%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+45%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+66%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+93%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+75%)

AVG 199 FPS

MIN 183 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+98%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+128%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+74%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 195 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+106%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 178 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+137%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+179%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+170%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+225%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 315 benchmarks across 88 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

+83.8%

137

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090