GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE
vs
ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE and the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and has 21760 texture shaders and 170 execution units.

ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, which has 21760 shaders and 170 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE GPU ASUS ROG Astral 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE has 32 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR7 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 can access 32 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE clocks in the base with up to 2.017 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 is 2.017 GHz.

2.017 GHz Base Clock 2.017 GHz
2.655 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 10 % Boost Clock 2.467 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE is 575 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 has a TDP of 575 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 has 4 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE is 360 mm long, 150 mm high and 75 mm wide.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 is 358 mm long, 149 mm high and 76 mm wide.

360 mm Length 358 mm
150 mm Height 149 mm
75 mm Width 76 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE was released in Q3/2025 at a price of 2,329 $ (Reference).

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 2,329 $ (Reference).

GV-N5090AORUSST ICE-32GD Part-no --
Q3/2025 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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