Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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
253
180
159
120
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
270
255
184
93
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
324
232
169
87
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
209
187
168
106
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
171
143
110
63
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
256
254
188
132
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
170
142
124
79
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
206
180
126
59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
293
275
207
113
Avg FPS
1080p High301239
1080p Ultra258205
1440p Ultra209159
4K Ultra12695
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Time Spy4751530610
Solar Bay213229121915
Port Royal3752916607
Fire Strike9020073014
Night Raid209016182333
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Background Blur333 frames/s423.9 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s270.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec9.23 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec11.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.74 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec871 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps29891.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
G2D Mark14441252
DirectX 11344 fps357 fps
DirectX 12195 fps128 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s18188 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1822 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps1721.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps1382 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps5784.5 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps10100.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps326.5 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.78087.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 November, 3, 2022
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 31
Price 1999 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1929 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2498 MHz
Shader Units 21760 6144
TMUs 680 384
ROPs 176 192
Execution Units 170 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 170 96
Tensor Cores 680 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 480 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 959 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 355 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 107.75 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 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 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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