NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5090

$2,955.99 Jan 2025 View Details

VS
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$379.99 Oct 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

VS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 2020

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
32 GB 16 GB
GDDR7GDDR6
575 W300 W
N/AN/A
2407 MHz 2250 MHz
1790 GB/s 512 GB/s
5nm 7nm
Blackwell 2.0RDNA 2.0
21760 4608
170 72
680 288
176 128
512-bit 256-bit
1750 MHz2000 MHz
423.6 GPixel/s 288 GPixel/s
1636.8 GTexel/s 512 GTexel/s
104.8 GFLOPS 20.74 GFLOPS
96.00 MB 4.00 MB
750 mm²520 mm²
92200 Million 26800 Million
950 W700 W
1x 16-pin2x 8-pin
PCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
12.212.2
1.4 1.3
4.64.6
TSMCTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Background
3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

53022 (+201%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

17608

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Geekbench Background
Geekbench

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

419309 (+202%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

138858

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

624.6 FPS (+136%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

264.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Passmark Background
Passmark

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

39505 (+58%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

24994

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)

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DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

8 2026 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+100%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+140%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+174%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+186%)
AVG 123 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+243%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+288%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+346%)
AVG 450 FPS
MIN 407 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+365%)
AVG 381 FPS
MIN 351 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+451%)
AVG 281 FPS
MIN 262 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert Background
Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+179%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 135 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+221%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+265%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem Background
Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem

8.7 2026 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+102%)
AVG 238 FPS
MIN 187 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+127%)
AVG 191 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+202%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed Background
Styx: Blades of Greed

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+148%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+153%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+184%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
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CODE VEIN II DEMO

CODE VEIN II DEMO

7.8 2026 Action, RPG

1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+106%)
AVG 165 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+152%)
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 121 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+215%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes Background
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

7.6 2025 Action, Adventure

1080p
| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+164%)
AVG 153 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+200%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+225%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 252 benchmarks across 73 games

140
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5090
VS
+144.6%
57
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

NVIDIA • 32GB GDDR7

249
Wins
140
Avg FPS
118
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD • 16GB GDDR6

0
Wins
57
Avg FPS
47
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate

Where to Buy

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GeForce RTX 5090
$2,999.99 Buy Now
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GeForce RTX 5090
$2,955.99 Buy Now
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Radeon RX 6800 XT
$399.00 Buy Now
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Radeon RX 6800 XT
$379.99 Buy Now

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