GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (Blackwell) and has 32 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RDNA 3) and has 24 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC has the GB202-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Blackwell architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G is based on the graphics chip Navi 31, which comes from the RDNA 3 architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GB202-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 31
Blackwell Architecture RDNA 3
170 Streaming Multiprocessors 96
21760 Shader 6144
176 Render Output Units 192
680 Texture Units 384
170 Raytracing Cores 96

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 28.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G is 20.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.500 GHz.

32 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
28.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
1792 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
512 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

2.017 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
2.550 GHz Boost Clock 2.500 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.30 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 575 W (Reference).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 355 W.

575 W (Reference) TDP 355 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G 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 No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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 GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 16 lanes and requires 4 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4 x 16 Lanes interface.

342 mm Length 287 mm
152 mm Height 123 mm
70 mm Width 51 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q1/2025.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N5090GAMING OC-32GD Part-no GV-R79XTX-24GC-B
Q1/2025 Release date Q4/2022
2,329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

Rate these graphics cards now

Here you can rate the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (4 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:

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)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
24 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
24 GB GDDR6
122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
24 GB GDDR6
176 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
24 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
24 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
24 GB GDDR6
142 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

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)

Popular comparisons

1. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC MSI GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING TRIO OC GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC vs MSI GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING TRIO OC
2. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER
3. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC vs ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition
4. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC vs ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition
5. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
6. GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G XFX Speedster MERC 310 Radeon RX 7900 XTX Black Edition GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G vs XFX Speedster MERC 310 Radeon RX 7900 XTX Black Edition
7. MSI Radeon RX 7900 XTX GAMING TRIO CLASSIC 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC MSI Radeon RX 7900 XTX GAMING TRIO CLASSIC 24G vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC
8. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG OC GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC vs ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG OC
9. MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM 24G vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC
10. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X PLUS 10G LHR GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X PLUS 10G LHR


back to index
Facebook
Twitter