nvidia
Brand32GB GDDR7
Memory21760
Cores1790 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1024
Cores143.9 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
GeForce RTX 5090
$1999 • Jan 2025
Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 • Jan 2022
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 575 W | 107 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2407 MHz | 2815 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1790 GB/s | 143.9 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 6nm |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 21760 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | 170 | 16 |
| TMUs | 680 | 64 |
| ROPs | 176 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 2248 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 423.6 GPixel/s | 90.08 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1636.8 GTexel/s | 143.9 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 104.8 GFLOPS | 5.765 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 96.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 750 mm² | 107 mm² |
| Transistors | 92200 Million | 5400 Million |
| Required PSU | 950 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA • 32GB GDDR7
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
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