Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 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
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High301155
1080p Ultra258127
1440p Ultra20994
4K Ultra12655
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy4751516983
Solar Bay21322964114
Port Royal375299710
Fire Strike9020039013
Night Raid209016155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur333 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark14441191
DirectX 11344 fps187 fps
DirectX 12195 fps57 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fpsn/a
Car Chase1150.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex4812.3 fpsn/a
ALU 25992.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation5991.7n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename GB202-300-A1 Navi 44
Price 1999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 21760 2048
TMUs 680 128
ROPs 176 64
Execution Units 170 32
Ray Tracing Cores 170 32
Tensor Cores 680 64
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 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 575 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 512 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 No
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1a
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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