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 (279 benchmarks)

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+46%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+59%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+64%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+53%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+59%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+69%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+21%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+40%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+65%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XTX (+0%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

GeForce RTX 5090 (+0%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+7%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 82 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 (+81%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+92%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+98%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Forza Horizon 6

9.5 2026 • Racing, Simulation, Sports • Playground Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+82%)

AVG 206 FPS

MIN 179 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+87%)

AVG 178 FPS

MIN 160 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+88%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+116%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+139%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+139%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+90%)

AVG 152 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+107%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| high

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+122%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 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 (+29%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+49%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+60%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+76%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+102%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+128%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+166%)

AVG 450 FPS

MIN 407 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+180%)

AVG 381 FPS

MIN 351 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+205%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 262 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+77%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+107%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+115%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 279 benchmarks across 77 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

+59.3%

140

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090