The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (Blackwell) and has 32 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC is 123 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT.
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has the Navi 48 XTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 4 architecture.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC is based on the graphics chip GB202-300-A1, which comes from the Blackwell architecture.
Memory
Memory
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
Memory Size
16 GB
32 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Memory Clock
2.518 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
20.1 Gbps
28.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
645 GB/s
1,792 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
512 bit
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The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT clocks at 2.518 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 20.1 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC is 28.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
Base Clock
1.660 GHz
2.017 GHz
Boost Clock
2.970 GHz
2.497 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.40 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
TDP
304 W
575 W
Tjunction max
92 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 304 W.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 575 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
3 x 110 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1b
1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1a
3x DP 2.1b
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Non addressable LED
MSI Mystic Light
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With the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC
Length
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357 mm
Height
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151 mm
Width
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76 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
4 Slots
Weight
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2,707 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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