Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 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
201
136
113
85
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
198
179
128
67
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
289
202
145
79
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
164
141
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
121
102
80
42
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
170
167
118
82
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
123
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
133
117
79
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
214
200
150
76
Avg FPS
1080p High301179
1080p Ultra258150
1440p Ultra209114
4K Ultra12666
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Time Spy4751520098
Solar Bay21322978368
Port Royal3752910855
Fire Strike9020049984
Night Raid209016158067
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Background Blur333 frames/s300.7 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s200.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec566.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps20533.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
G2D Mark14441167
DirectX 11344 fps249 fps
DirectX 12195 fps93 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s13685 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1300.3 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps1191.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps955.3 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps3854.1 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps6542.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps284.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.75363.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 6, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename GB202-300-A1 Navi 32
Price 1999 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2430 MHz
Shader Units 21760 3840
TMUs 680 240
ROPs 176 96
Execution Units 170 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 170 60
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 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 233 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 583 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 263 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 346 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 80.92 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2438 MHz
Bus 512 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1
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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