Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs AMD Radeon RX 6800. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and AMD Radeon RX 6800
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
176
114
94
68
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
170
153
107
59
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
269
192
135
75
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
145
126
104
64
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
105
87
69
37
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
145
139
95
63
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
106
90
69
43
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
113
100
64
31
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
183
165
120
63
Avg FPS
1080p High301157
1080p Ultra258130
1440p Ultra20995
4K Ultra12656
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Time Spy4751516193
Solar Bay21322964574
Port Royal375298098
Fire Strike9020044382
Night Raid209016142824
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Background Blur333 frames/s298.6 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s186.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec4.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec6.68 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec579 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps18755.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
G2D Mark1444987
DirectX 11344 fps214 fps
DirectX 12195 fps89 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s11216 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1131 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps1005 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps857.2 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps3344.5 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps5114.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps300.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.72950.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 28, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB202-300-A1 Navi 21
Price 1999 579

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2105 MHz
Shader Units 21760 3840
TMUs 680 240
ROPs 176 96
Execution Units 170 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 170 60
Tensor Cores 680 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 202 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 505 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 26 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 512 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 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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