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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition vs ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition 32 GB GDDR7 · 2.41 GHz · 575 W Speed index 87/100

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

ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB 24 GB GDDR6 · 2.50 GHz · 355 W Speed index 51/100

The ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB 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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is 71 % faster than the ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Speed index
87/100
51/100
FP32
104.80 TFLOPS
61.44 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.41 GHz
2.50 GHz
Memory Size
32 GB GDDR7
24 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
1,792 GB/s
960 GB/s
TDP
575 W
355 W
Launch Price
2,329 $
999 $
2,256 pts
1,026 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU ChipGB202-300-A1Navi 31
Streaming Multiprocessors17096
Shader217606144
Render Output Units176192
Texture Units680384
Raytracing Cores17096
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition has the GB202-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Blackwell architecture.

The ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB is based on the graphics chip Navi 31, which comes from the RDNA 3 architecture.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Memory Size32 GB24 GB
Memory TypeGDDR7GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz2.500 GHz
Memory Speed28.0 Gbps20.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth1,792 GB/s960 GB/s
Memory Interface512 bit384 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 28.0 Gbps.

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

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Base Clock2.017 GHz1.900 GHz
Boost Clock2.407 GHz2.500 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.30 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
TDP575 W355 W
TDP (up)600 W--
Tjunction max90 °C97 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 16-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 575 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 110 mm3 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

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

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 2.1b2x DP 2.1
USB-C--1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.

The ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode / 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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Length304 mm287 mm
Height137 mm123 mm
Width40 mm51 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyYesNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

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

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
GPU InterfacePCIe 5 x 16PCIe 4 x 16
Release dateQ1/2025Q4/2022
Launch Price2,329 $999 $
Structure size5 nm5 nm
Part-no--Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q1/2025.

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

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition +78.9 %

  1. 25,431
  2. 14,216

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. 54,489
  2. no data

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. 13,978
  2. no data

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition +126.2 %

  1. 35,994
  2. 15,913

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition +141.7 %

  1. 14,278
  2. 5,907

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. 214,983
  2. no data

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)

  1. no data
  2. 60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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)

  1. no data
  2. 52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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

  1. no data
  2. 196,758

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

  1. no data
  2. 211,455

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