NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS AMD Radeon RX 9070

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

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070

$509.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$539.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

Radeon RX 9070

$549 • Mar 2025

AMD Radeon RX 9070

16GB GDDR6 220W $509.99 Mar 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090	AMD Radeon RX 9070
Memory Size	32 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR7	GDDR6
TDP	575 W	220 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2407 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	1790 GB/s	644.6 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	4nm
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	RDNA 4.0
Shading Units	21760	3584
RT Cores	170	56
TMUs	680	224
ROPs	176	128
Memory Bus	512-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	2518 MHz
Pixel Rate	423.6 GPixel/s	322.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	1636.8 GTexel/s	564.5 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	104.8 GFLOPS	36.13 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	96.00 MB	8.00 MB
Die Size	750 mm²	357 mm²
Transistors	92200 Million	53900 Million
Required PSU	950 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 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 (+134%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

22616

AMD Radeon RX 9070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

419309 (+180%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

149949

AMD Radeon RX 9070

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

624.6 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

FPS

AMD Radeon RX 9070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

39505 (+55%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

25414

AMD Radeon RX 9070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (285 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+155%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+168%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+190%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+35%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+57%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+100%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+96%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+93%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+111%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

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 (+54%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+70%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+88%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+53%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+66%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+82%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+49%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+69%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+105%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+17%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+28%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+58%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 63 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 (+121%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+136%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+150%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 285 benchmarks across 79 games

137

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090

+84.9%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070