Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs AMD Radeon RX 6600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and AMD Radeon RX 6600
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
140
81
66
45
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
125
108
74
38
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
202
142
96
52
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
110
98
73
42
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
76
62
47
22
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
103
95
66
42
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
80
63
45
23
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
80
71
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
137
118
85
39
Avg FPS
1080p High301117
1080p Ultra25893
1440p Ultra20966
4K Ultra12636
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Time Spy4751510423
Solar Bay21322944973
Port Royal375295820
Fire Strike9020026478
Night Raid20901698514
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Background Blur333 frames/s104.1 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s79.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec2.05 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec2.59 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec0.64 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec257.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps7635.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
G2D Mark1444881
DirectX 11344 fps152 fps
DirectX 12195 fps51 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s6706 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps567.8 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps427.9 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps1906.1 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps2284.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps600 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation5991.7n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 13, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB202-300-A1 Navi 23
Price 1999 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1626 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2491 MHz
Shader Units 21760 1792
TMUs 680 112
ROPs 176 64
Execution Units 170 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 170 28
Tensor Cores 680 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 159 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 279 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 575 W 132 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 46.41 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 512 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

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