NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

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

4096

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$629.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599 • Mar 2025

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

16GB GDDR6 304W $599.99 Mar 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090	AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Memory Size	32 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR7	GDDR6
TDP	575 W	304 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2407 MHz	2970 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	1790 GB/s	644.6 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	4nm
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	RDNA 4.0
Shading Units	21760	4096
RT Cores	170	64
TMUs	680	256
ROPs	176	128
Memory Bus	512-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	2518 MHz
Pixel Rate	423.6 GPixel/s	380.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	1636.8 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	104.8 GFLOPS	48.66 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	96.00 MB	8.00 MB
Die Size	750 mm²	357 mm²
Transistors	92200 Million	53900 Million
Required PSU	950 W	700 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 (+98%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

26809

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

419309 (+129%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

182816

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

624.6 FPS (+99%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

313.3 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

39505 (+47%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

26815

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Game Benchmarks Comparison (285 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+124%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+132%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+142%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+17%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+36%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+72%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+70%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+68%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+80%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 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 (+35%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+48%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+64%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+33%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+45%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+57%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+30%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+47%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+76%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+2%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 144 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+11%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+36%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 73 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 (+92%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+106%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+118%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 288 benchmarks across 79 games

136

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090

+62.6%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT