AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 0)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 4,608)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 512 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 72)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 16 GB)
Full spec comparison
Spec
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM16 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width256 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores4,60821,760▲
RT cores72170▲
Tensor / AI cores0680▲
Base clock1825 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock2250 MHz2410 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techFSR 2DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP300 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU750 W▲1000 W
Power connector2× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length267 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2.5 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs1× DisplayPort 1.4, 1× HDMI 2.1, 1× USB-C3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b