AMD Radeon RX 9060 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 2,048)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 288 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 32)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bus width (512 bit vs 128 bit)
Full spec comparison
Spec
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM16 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width128 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth288 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores2,04821,760▲
RT cores32170▲
Tensor / AI cores0680▲
Base clock2200 MHz▲2010 MHz
Boost clock2750 MHz▲2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techFSR 4DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP160 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU550 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length240 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs2× DisplayPort 2.1, 1× HDMI 2.1b3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b