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 (273 benchmarks)

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+37%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+61%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+100%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+14%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+23%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+48%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 67 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 (+107%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+122%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+143%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Forza Horizon 6

9.5 2026 • Racing, Simulation, Sports • Playground Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+108%)

AVG 206 FPS

MIN 179 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+114%)

AVG 178 FPS

MIN 160 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+128%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+146%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+172%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+196%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+117%)

AVG 152 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+140%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| high

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+168%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

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 (+47%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+71%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+96%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+102%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+134%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+175%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+204%)

AVG 450 FPS

MIN 407 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 138 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+223%)

AVG 381 FPS

MIN 351 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+275%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 262 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+103%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+139%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+161%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

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

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+71%)

AVG 238 FPS

MIN 187 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+80%)

AVG 191 FPS

MIN 163 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+119%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 273 benchmarks across 76 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

+83.2%

140

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090