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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
97 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
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
Processors:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
GeForce RTX 5090

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
332
242
231
183
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
366
338
234
127
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
379
271
209
98
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
235
202
198
124
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
244
210
167
96
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
337
333
269
184
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
221
190
170
114
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
259
231
166
77
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
334
306
238
128
Avg FPS
1080p High214301
1080p Ultra178258
1440p Ultra139209
4K Ultra81126
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Time Spy2700447515
Solar Bay105078213229
Port Royal1615837529
Fire Strike6055990200
Night Raid170494209016
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Background Blur377.5 frames/s333 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s298.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec21.7 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec33.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec34.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec2850 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps59146.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
G2D Mark12741444
DirectX 11281 fps344 fps
DirectX 1272 fps195 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s28243 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1397.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1150.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1178.2 fps
T-Rexn/a4812.3 fps
ALU 2n/a5992.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a269.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a5991.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15375n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)37834n/a
Horizon Detection43910n/a
Face Detection (HP)67858n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)172939n/a
Text Classification (SP)4469n/a
Machine Translation (HP)8499n/a
Object Detection (SP)15393n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)66890n/a
Style Transfer (SP)365633n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 48 XL GB202-300-A1
Price n/a 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 2017 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2407 MHz
Shader Units 3584 21760
TMUs 224 680
ROPs 128 176
Execution Units 56 170
Ray Tracing Cores 56 170
Tensor Cores 112 680
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 88 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 424 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 1637 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 220 W 575 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 750 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 92.2 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 122.93 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 512 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No 10.1
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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