Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia RTX 6000 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
235
169
153
126
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
248
215
152
80
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
313
227
173
84
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
175
164
145
92
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
161
133
108
60
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
215
208
167
115
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
147
126
109
68
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
200
179
120
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
283
266
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High301220
1080p Ultra258187
1440p Ultra209147
4K Ultra12688
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
32929
Time Spy4751525950
Solar Bay213229140262
Port Royal3752919521
Fire Strike9020053578
Night Raid209016187162
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
389848
Background Blur333 frames/s618.3 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s399.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec15.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec22.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec26.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec2.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec2210 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps53494.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
28651
G2D Mark1444971
DirectX 11344 fps278 fps
DirectX 12195 fps102 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s23249 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
326.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps770.7 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps1010.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps1007.2 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps2335.4 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps10509.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps202.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.710030.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 3, 2022
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 6800

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 915 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 21760 18176
TMUs 680 568
ROPs 176 192
Execution Units 170 142
Ray Tracing Cores 170 142
Tensor Cores 680 568
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 96 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 481 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 1423 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 91.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 300 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 2500 MHz
Bus 512 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 48 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
960 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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