NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
nvidia
Brand32GB GDDR7
Memory21760
Cores1790 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5090
VS
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4096
Cores644.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025
GeForce RTX 5090
$1999 • Jan 2025
VS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
$599 • Mar 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
16GB GDDR6 304W $599.99 Mar 2025
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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 (252 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+57%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+68%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+58%)
AVG 123 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+84%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+113%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+174%)
AVG 450 FPS
MIN 407 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 164 FPS
MIN 156 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+180%)
AVG 381 FPS
MIN 351 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+202%)
AVG 281 FPS
MIN 262 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+86%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 135 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+110%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+128%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+27%)
AVG 238 FPS
MIN 187 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 152 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+38%)
AVG 191 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+61%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+38%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+45%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+65%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+28%)
AVG 165 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+60%)
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 121 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+95%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 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 (+61%)
AVG 153 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 5090 (+74%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 5090 (+111%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!
Based on 255 benchmarks across 72 games
138
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5090
VS
+63.6%
84
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA • 32GB GDDR7
249
Wins
138
Avg FPS
116
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
1
Wins
84
Avg FPS
70
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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