Radeon RX 9070 XT VS GeForce RTX 5090
We are comparing the Radeon RX 9070 XT (AMD) with the GeForce RTX 5090 (NVIDIA). Scroll down to the pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Last Updated: September 10, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 9070 XT AND GeForce RTX 5090
Here’s how Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5090 stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070 XT
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23% higher Boost Clock (2970 MHz vs 2407 MHz)
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20% smaller process node (4 nm vs 5 nm)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5090
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40% higher 4K Ultra FPS (125 vs 89)
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37% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (207 vs 151)
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31% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (253 vs 193)
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58% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (46966 vs 29803)
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105% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (37963 vs 18556)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 9070 XT AND GeForce RTX 5090
Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5090.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 5090 |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 5090 |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | — | GB202-300 |
| Vendor: | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | RDNA 4.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Generation: | Navi IV (RX 9000) | GeForce 50 |
| Release Date: | March 6, 2025 | January 30, 2025 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | x16 | x16 |
| Process Size: | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors: | 53.9 billion | 92.2 billion |
| Density: | 151.19 MTr/mm² | 122.93 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 356.5 | 750 |
| Board Length: | — | 304 mm |
| Board Width: | — | 40 mm |
| Board Height: | — | 137 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 304 W | 575 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 64 | 170 |
| Shading Units: | 4096 | 21760 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 256 | 680 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 128 | 176 |
| Tensor Cores: | 128 | 680 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 64 | 170 |
| Base Clock: | 1660 | 2017 |
| Boost Clock: | 2970 | 2407 |
| L1 Cache: | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache: | 4MB shared | 96MB shared |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 380.2 GPixel/s | 423.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 760.3 GTexel/s | 1,636.8 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 48.66 TFLOPs | 104.8 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size: | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 256-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 2518 | 1750 |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 20100 | 28000 |
| Bandwidth: | 640 | 1792 |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan: | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| CUDA: | No | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing: | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS: | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort: | 2.1a | 2.1b |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 193 | 253 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 151 | 207 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 89 | 125 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 26116 | 52760 |
| Time Spy | 29803 | 46966 |
| Solar Bay | 120093 | 234280 |
| Port Royal | 18556 | 37963 |
| Fire Strike | 66408 | 87056 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 54361 | 108665 |
| Night Raid | 196877 | 207642 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 182816 | 419309 |
| Background Blur | 427.4 img/sec | 333 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 251 img/sec | 298.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpixels/sec | 21.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpixels/sec | 33.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpixels/sec | 34.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 2.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpixels/sec | 2850 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 FPS | 59146.9 FPS |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 26866 | 38868 |
| G2D Mark | 1320 | 1412 |
| DirectX 11 | 294 | 341 |
| DirectX 12 | 77 | 177 |
| GPU Compute | 15958 Ops/s | 24875 Ops/s |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 313.30 | 624.60 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 1794.90 | 1568.70 |
| Car Chase | 1498.00 | 1292.00 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 1199.30 | 1244.60 |
| T-Rex | 5080.10 | 5493.70 |
| Tessellation | 6928.50 | 13760.70 |
| ALU 2 | 9196.70 | 15791.90 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 339.10 | 332.10 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 3116 | 15030 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 39190 | 53861 |
| Half Precision | 55727 | 81080 |
| Quantized | 33599 | 38938 |
| Image Classification | 18001 | 18948 |
| Image Segmentation | 25174 | 55109 |
| Image Super Resolution | 45714 | 55109 |
| Face Detection | 74776 | 114685 |
| Pose Estimation | 196137 | 344729 |
| Text Classification | 5163 | 4464 |
| Machine Translation | 8677 | 8184 |
| Object Detection | 19602 | 27802 |
| Depth Estimation | 74879 | 85572 |
| Style Transfer | 411302 | 687080 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 19161 | 34140 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 14200 | 25722 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 7713 | 14577 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 20135 | 29565 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 14412 | 23398 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 7754 | 14161 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 9070 XT AND GeForce RTX 5090
The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5090 stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5090
GeForce RTX 5090 was released 1 month, 4 days earlier than Radeon RX 9070 XT.
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Our Verdict
In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 5090 is clearly better overall compared to the Radeon RX 9070 XT. Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture and Workstation. The Radeon RX 9070 XT is the better fit if your top priority is Energy Efficiency.
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