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 (303 benchmarks)

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+31%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+53%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+75%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+33%)

AVG 199 FPS

MIN 183 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+53%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+72%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+69%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 195 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+94%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 178 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+102%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+116%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+161%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+200%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City 2

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+104%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+87%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+92%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

7.1 2026 • Action, Simulation, Strategy, Massively Multiplayer • Expression Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+68%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+76%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+106%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 306 benchmarks across 85 games

135

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090

+63.2%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT