AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

amd

Brand

24GB GDDR6

Memory

6144

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

$799.99 Nov 2022 View Details

$890.60

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 XTX

24GB GDDR6 355W $799.99 Nov 2022

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

$999 • 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 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	24 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	355 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2498 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	960 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	6144	21760
RT Cores	96	170
TMUs	384	680
ROPs	192	176
Memory Bus	384-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	479.6 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	960 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	61.39 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	750 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

29863

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

53022 (+78%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

224686

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

419309 (+87%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

405.4 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

624.6 FPS (+54%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

31100

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

39505 (+27%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (240 benchmarks)

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+42%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+35%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+58%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

CODE VEIN II DEMO

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

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+39%)

AVG 165 FPS

MIN 151 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+66%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+91%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 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 (+70%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+88%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+81%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+41%)

AVG 173 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+48%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+72%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 56 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 (+46%)

AVG 211 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+47%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+63%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 78 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 (+41%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 196 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+59%)

AVG 268 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+96%)

AVG 198 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 240 benchmarks across 70 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

+56.5%

138

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090