Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
253
180
159
120
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
270
255
184
93
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
324
232
169
87
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
209
187
168
106
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
171
143
110
63
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
256
254
188
132
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
170
142
124
79
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
206
180
126
59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
293
275
207
113
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a239
1080p Ultran/a205
1440p Ultran/a159
4K Ultran/a95
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Time Spyn/a30610
Solar Bayn/a121915
Port Royaln/a16607
Fire Striken/a73014
Night Raidn/a182333
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Background Blur266.5 frames/s423.9 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s270.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec9.23 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec11.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.74 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec871 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps29891.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
G2D Mark11991252
DirectX 11273 fps357 fps
DirectX 12142 fps128 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s18188 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps1822 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps1721.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps1382 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps5784.5 fps
ALU 2n/a10100.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a326.5 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a8087.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 November, 3, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename GB203-400 Navi 31
Price n/a 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1929 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 2498 MHz
Shader Units 10496 6144
TMUs 328 384
ROPs 128 192
Execution Units 82 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 82 96
Tensor Cores 328 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 480 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 959 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 355 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

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Total Votes: 3

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