Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
332
242
231
183
187
128
117
91
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
208
175
127
69
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
280
209
156
84
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
154
143
123
76
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
129
106
85
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
168
164
123
81
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
118
98
85
48
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
152
134
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
244
219
171
93
Avg FPS
1080p High301182
1080p Ultra258153
1440p Ultra209120
4K Ultra12670
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
28081
Time Spy4751513884
Solar Bay213229n/a
Port Royal3752917795
Fire Strike9020062027
Night Raid209016n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
260099
Background Blur333 frames/s286.6 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s220.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec9.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec18.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec2.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec1580 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps41235.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
29368
G2D Mark1444980
DirectX 11344 fps279 fps
DirectX 12195 fps104 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s20352 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fpsn/a
Car Chase1150.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex4812.3 fpsn/a
ALU 25992.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation5991.7n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 August, 9, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB202-300-A1 AD102
Price 1999 4000

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1155 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2550 MHz
Shader Units 21760 12800
TMUs 680 400
ROPs 176 176
Execution Units 170 100
Ray Tracing Cores 170 100
Tensor Cores 680 400
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 72 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 449 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 1020 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 65.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 76 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 124.79 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 512 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
576 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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