ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 has 21760 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.47 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 107.41 TFLOPS.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 has 21760 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.44 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 106.11 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Blackwell architecture, which has 170 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is based on the Blackwell architecture and is equipped with 170 execution units.
ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
GB202-300-A1 GPU Chip GB202-300-A1
Blackwell Architecture Blackwell
170 Streaming Multiprocessors 170
21760 Shader 21760
176 Render Output Units 176
680 Texture Units 680
170 Raytracing Cores 170

Memory

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 is equipped with a 32 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 has a 32 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

32 GB Memory Size 32 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR7
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
28.0 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
1792 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1792 GB/s
512 bit Memory Interface 512 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 has a turbo clock of 2.467 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %. The turbo frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is 2.437 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 %.

2.017 GHz Base Clock 2.017 GHz
2.467 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % Boost Clock 2.437 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

575 W (Reference) TDP 575 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 110 mm
3 x 120 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 is 48 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is 48 mm and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

289 mm Length 348 mm
154 mm Height 146 mm
48 mm Width 72 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 was released in Q1/2025.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 published in Q1/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING
Q1/2025 Release date Q1/2025
2,329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 2,329 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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