Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
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
213
142
118
87
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
208
183
139
72
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
302
208
149
81
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
172
148
133
83
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
130
105
83
46
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
183
177
130
84
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
131
111
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
148
129
87
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
225
205
156
82
Avg FPS
1080p High301190
1080p Ultra258156
1440p Ultra209121
4K Ultra12670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Time Spy4751520781
Solar Bay21322986741
Port Royal3752910519
Fire Strike9020057323
Night Raid209016159759
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Background Blur333 frames/s231.6 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s152.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec4.26 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec5.75 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec5.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.12 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec618.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps17973.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
G2D Mark14441051
DirectX 11344 fps278 fps
DirectX 12195 fps113 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s14962 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1379.6 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps1317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps1205.3 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps4360 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps6645 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps325.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.73954.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 8, 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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 21760 5120
TMUs 680 320
ROPs 176 128
Execution Units 170 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 170 80
Tensor Cores 680 n/a
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 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 720 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 23 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 300 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 6900 XT
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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