NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 vs MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 $1,999
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio $999
21760 Shaders
32GB GDDR7
2410MHz
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2425MHz
FP32
104.88 TFLOPS
FP32
24.83 TFLOPS
FP16
104.88 TFLOPS
FP16
49.66 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.7-Slots
TDP
575W
TDP
360W
Power Connectors
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-
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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3x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 177,955
58%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 175,190
97%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 122,910
60%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 420
71%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
MSI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
NV192
GB202
Variant
GB202-400-A1
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XTX
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
12/8/2020
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
N7
-
Die Size
744 mm²
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Transistor Count
92 Billion
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
123.66M/mm²
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
21760 Shaders
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Shading Units
5120 Shaders
-
Texture Mapping Units
680 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Tensor Cores
680 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
170 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
170 SMs
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-
-
-
Compute Units
80 CUs
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-
-
-
Graphics Processing Clusters
14 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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-
2010MHz Base
2410MHz
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-
1825MHz Base
2425MHz
FP4
1678.13 TFLOPS Tensor
-
-
FP8
-
839.07 TFLOPS Tensor
-
-
-
FP16
104.88 TFLOPS
419.53 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
49.66 TFLOPS
-
BF16
104.88 TFLOPS
419.53 TFLOPS Tensor
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-
-
FP32
104.88 TFLOPS
FP32
24.83 TFLOPS
TF32
419.53 TFLOPS
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-
FP64
1.64 TFLOPS
-
FP64
1.55 TFLOPS
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INT8
839.07 TOPS
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-
Ray Tracing
318.1 TOPS
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
462.72 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
310.4 GPixel/s
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-
-
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Texture Fillrate
1638.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
776 GTexel/s
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-
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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-
L1
-
-
-
128KB/Array
L2
88MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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-
-
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
32GB
GDDR7
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16GB
GDDR6
-
Bus Width
512Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2210MHz
Transfer Rate
28GT/s
Bandwidth
1792GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
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TDP
575W
TDP
360W
Temp
90°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
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-
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
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-
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-
-
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
-
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1x HDMI 2.1
-
-
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
3x NVENC 9
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
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-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
-
-
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
-
Model
2x NVDEC 6
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
AV1
-
-
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
-
VP9
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
AV1
-
-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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-
PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.5
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-
GFX
10.3
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-
-
-
-
-
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2x Fans
-
-
-
3x Fans
Power Connectors
-
-
-
-
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
-
-
-
3x 8-Pin
-
-
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Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.7
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
141 mm (5.55 in)
Width
324 mm (12.76 in)
Depth
55 mm (2.17 in)
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