GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon RX Vega 5

Place in the ranking	656	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	59
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	11.28
Power efficiency	21.30	12.54
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Vega	GB202
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2020 (5 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores	320	21760
Core clock speed	no data	2017 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	2407 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	575 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,637
Floating-point processing power	no data	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	680
Tensor Cores	no data	680
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	170

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	no data	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	no data	32 GB
Memory bus width	no data	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.79 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

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 HD	19 −989%	207 +989%
1440p	8−9 −2200%	184 +2200%
4K	6−7 −2250%	141 +2250%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.66
1440p	no data	10.86
4K	no data	14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7 −2657%	190−200 +2657%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −2122%	200−210 +2122%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −736%	110−120 +736%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1830%	190−200 +1830%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −2100%	220−230 +2100%
Forza Horizon 4	21 −2043%	450−500 +2043%
Forza Horizon 5	12 −1792%	220−230 +1792%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −1373%	160−170 +1373%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18 −767%	150−160 +767%
Valorant	18 −2694%	500−550 +2694%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −736%	110−120 +736%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1830%	190−200 +1830%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −2100%	220−230 +2100%
Dota 2	21 −729%	170−180 +729%
Far Cry 5	21 −657%	159 +657%
Fortnite	27−30 −1041%	300−350 +1041%
Forza Horizon 4	17 −1959%	350−400 +1959%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 −2738%	220−230 +2738%
Grand Theft Auto V	13 −2131%	290−300 +2131%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −1373%	160−170 +1373%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	41 −424%	210−220 +424%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4 −3800%	150−160 +3800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1060%	170−180 +1060%
Valorant	12−14 −4092%	500−550 +4092%
World of Tanks	50 −458%	270−280 +458%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −736%	110−120 +736%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1920%	202 +1920%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −2100%	220−230 +2100%
Dota 2	37 −2062%	800−850 +2062%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −574%	150−160 +574%
Forza Horizon 4	14 −2043%	300−310 +2043%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 −2738%	220−230 +2738%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −438%	210−220 +438%
Valorant	12−14 −4092%	500−550 +4092%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	4−5 −3825%	150−160 +3825%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −2150%	90−95 +2150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −1997%	650−700 +1997%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −3000%	90−95 +3000%
World of Tanks	30−35 −1464%	500−550 +1464%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1143%	85−90 +1143%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1500%	160−170 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2043%	150−160 +2043%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −2800%	170−180 +2800%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −4667%	140−150 +4667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −2043%	150−160 +2043%
Valorant	12−14 −3085%	400−450 +3085%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1640%	174 +1640%
Dota 2	16−18 −971%	180−190 +971%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −2088%	350−400 +2088%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −16600%	167 +16600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1508%	200−210 +1508%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2033%	60−65 +2033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −2088%	350−400 +2088%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2175%	90−95 +2175%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −450%	55 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Dota 2	16−18 −1959%	350−400 +1959%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −2000%	100−110 +2000%
Fortnite	4−5 −2300%	95−100 +2300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2150%	90−95 +2150%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −5500%	110−120 +5500%
Valorant	4−5 −5975%	240−250 +5975%

1440p
High Preset

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This is how RX Vega 5 and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

RTX 5090 is 989% faster in 1080p
RTX 5090 is 2200% faster in 1440p
RTX 5090 is 2250% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5090 is 16600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 5090 is ahead in 44 tests (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.43	100.00
Recency	7 January 2020	30 January 2025
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	575 Watt

RX Vega 5 has 3733.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 2157.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 5 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 5 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.