AMD Radeon RX 9070 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 3,584)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 56)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 644.6 GB/s)
- •AMD Radeon RX 9070 has lower TDP (220 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
AMD Radeon RX 9070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM16 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width256 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth644.6 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores3,58421,760▲
RT cores56170▲
Tensor / AI cores0680▲
Base clock2200 MHz▲2010 MHz
Boost clock2700 MHz▲2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techFSR 4DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP220 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU650 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 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs2× DisplayPort 2.1, 2× HDMI 2.1b3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b