NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
nvidia
Brand32GB GDDR7
Memory21760
Cores1790 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5090
VS
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4608
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025
GeForce RTX 5090
$1999 • Jan 2025
VS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 • Oct 2020
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16GB GDDR6 300W $379.99 Oct 2020
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 575 W | 300 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2407 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1790 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 21760 | 4608 |
| RT Cores | 170 | 72 |
| TMUs | 680 | 288 |
| ROPs | 176 | 128 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 423.6 GPixel/s | 288 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1636.8 GTexel/s | 512 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 104.8 GFLOPS | 20.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 96.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 750 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | 92200 Million | 26800 Million |
| Required PSU | 950 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| 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
53022 (+201%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
17608
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
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 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 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)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
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
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
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
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
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
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
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
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
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
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 (+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 • 32GB GDDR7
249
Wins
140
Avg FPS
118
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
0
Wins
57
Avg FPS
47
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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