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Radeon RX 9070 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the Radeon RX 9070 XT on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 7% to 147%, including 147% in 3DMark Speed Way (15,488 vs 6,267). On gpt-oss:20b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 298.2 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 91.9 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT (per hirokuze (GitHub)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $599 · $1,999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 9070 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
vram gb 1632
vram type GDDR6GDDR7
tdp w 304575
cuda cores —21760

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from LANOC, TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, Tom's Hardware and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 9070 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 67,167 pts—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 33,887 pts—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, LANOC, 3DMark		 18,240 points41,238 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LANOC, 3DMark		 6,267 pts15,488 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 7,025 points11,906 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —14,133 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, LANOC, 3DMark		 29,716 pts39,365 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 14,367 pts—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,318 pts1,412 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 26,908 pts38,935 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 719 rank2 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 9070 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the Radeon RX 9070 XT on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 7% to 147%, including 147% in 3DMark Speed Way (15,488 vs 6,267).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gpt-oss:20b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 298.2 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 91.9 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT (per hirokuze (GitHub)), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9070 XT launched at a $599 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at $1,999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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