GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R5 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) with GeForce RTX 5090, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.77

RTX 5090 outperforms R5 (Carrizo) by a whopping 5550% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking9271
Place by popularitynot in top-10059
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data11.23
Power efficiency3.6312.48
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameCarrizoGB202
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25621760
Core clock speedno data2017 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz2407 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt575 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,637
Floating-point processing powerno data104.8 TFLOPS
ROPsno data176
TMUsno data680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data32 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.79 TB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD3−4
−6800%
207
+6800%
1440p3−4
−6033%
184
+6033%
4K2−3
−6950%
141
+6950%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data9.66
1440pno data10.86
4Kno data14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−2957%
210−220
+2957%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−3800%
110−120
+3800%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−2957%
210−220
+2957%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−9800%
190−200
+9800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−1850%
150−160
+1850%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−3800%
110−120
+3800%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−2957%
210−220
+2957%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Dota 2 3−4
−5700%
170−180
+5700%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−1123%
159
+1123%
Fortnite 9−10
−3322%
300−350
+3322%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
−5233%
160−170
+5233%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−9800%
190−200
+9800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−1094%
210−220
+1094%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−1850%
150−160
+1850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−2075%
170−180
+2075%
World of Tanks 35−40
−675%
270−280
+675%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−3800%
110−120
+3800%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−2786%
202
+2786%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Dota 2 3−4
−5233%
160−170
+5233%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−1500%
200−210
+1500%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−1094%
210−220
+1094%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−5317%
650−700
+5317%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9200%
90−95
+9200%
World of Tanks 10−12
−4591%
500−550
+4591%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5233%
160−170
+5233%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−2567%
160−170
+2567%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−23800%
230−240
+23800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Valorant 7−8
−8071%
550−600
+8071%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
−1069%
180−190
+1069%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−5233%
800−850
+5233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−4080%
200−210
+4080%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−6300%
60−65
+6300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−5233%
800−850
+5233%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−9000%
90−95
+9000%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Dota 2 16−18
−5525%
900−950
+5525%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−10400%
100−110
+10400%
Fortnite 0−1 95−100
Valorant 2−3
−18100%
350−400
+18100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Forza Horizon 5 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Valorant 800−850
+0%
800−850
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Forza Horizon 5 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Valorant 800−850
+0%
800−850
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 5 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Valorant 800−850
+0%
800−850
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 183
+0%
183
+0%
Dota 2 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Metro Exodus 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 174
+0%
174
+0%
Metro Exodus 167
+0%
167
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 55
+0%
55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

This is how R5 (Carrizo) and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5090 is 6800% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5090 is 6033% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5090 is 6950% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 5090 is 23800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 5090 is ahead in 30 tests (68%)
  • there's a draw in 14 tests (32%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.77 100.00
Recency 4 June 2015 30 January 2025
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 575 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has 4691.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 5549.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.

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