AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
332
242
231
183
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
366
338
234
127
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
379
271
209
98
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
235
202
198
124
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
244
210
167
96
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
337
333
269
184
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
221
190
170
114
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
259
231
166
77
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
334
306
238
128
Avg FPS
1080p High225301
1080p Ultra187258
1440p Ultra146209
4K Ultra86126
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Time Spy3026847515
Solar Bay119007213229
Port Royal1871537529
Fire Strike6605190200
Night Raid199232209016
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Background Blur427.4 frames/s333 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s298.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec21.7 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec33.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec34.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec2850 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps59146.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
G2D Mark13471444
DirectX 11294 fps344 fps
DirectX 1280 fps195 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s28243 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1397.2 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1150.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps1178.2 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps4812.3 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps5992.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps269.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.55991.7

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 GB202-300-A1
Price 599 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 2017 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2407 MHz
Shader Units 4096 21760
TMUs 256 680
ROPs 128 176
Execution Units 64 170
Ray Tracing Cores 64 170
Tensor Cores 128 680
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 380 Gpix/sec 424 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 1637 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 304 W 575 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 750 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 92.2 billion
Transistor density 150.98 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 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 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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2 (33.33%)
4 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 6

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