AMD Radeon RX 7900 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 5,376)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 800 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 84)
- •AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has lower TDP (315 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM20 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width320 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth800 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores5,37621,760▲
RT cores84170▲
Tensor / AI cores0680▲
Base clock1500 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock2400 MHz2410 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techFSR 3 (Frame Generation)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP315 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 length287 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2.5 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs2× DisplayPort 2.1, 1× HDMI 2.1, 1× USB-C3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b