MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio vs Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+

Faster

NVIDIA

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio

Overall performance index

100,0

Rank 1 of 30 tested cards

AMD

Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+

Overall performance index

53,6

Rank 10 of 30 tested cards

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio is 86,6% faster on average

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+

Individual tests: MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio wins 38, Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ wins 3 (41 shared tests)

Performance by resolution

Full HD (1080p) +46,5 % 145,0fps 99,0fps 4K without ray tracing +84,5 % 155,0fps 84,0fps 4K with ray tracing +84,7 % 133,0fps 72,0fps 8K +143,1 % 141,0fps 58,0fps

Game benchmarks

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Other tested cards Click a row to open the chart with all tested cards; hover shows the gap in %.

Avg. Full HD (1080p) – all tested cards

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio +46,5 %

Individual results (22 tests)

3D Mark Fire Strike Extreme Graphic Score 62.516 Punkte 35.556 Punkte +75,8 %

3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra Graphic Score 32.976 Punkte 18.265 Punkte +80,5 %

3D Mark Port Royal v1.32560x1440 38.105 Punkte 18.868 Punkte +102,0 %

3D Mark Port Royal v1.32560x1440 176,4 fps 87,4 fps +102,0 %

3D Mark SpeedWay2560x1440,DX12 Ultimate,fps 149,1 fps 64,0 fps +132,9 %

3D Mark SpeedWay2560x1440,DX12 Ultimate,Score 14.906 Punkte 6.400 Punkte +132,9 %

3D Mark Time Spy Extreme Graphic Score 26.060 Punkte 14.770 Punkte +76,4 %

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark1920x1080, Cinematic,100%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,No Raytracing 110,0 fps 70,0 fps +57,1 %

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark1920x1080, Cinematic,100%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,Raytracing-Very-High 87,0 fps 25,0 fps +248,0 %

Final Fantasy XV BenchmarkHighest,kein DLSS, 1080p 21.638 Punkte 14.241 Punkte +51,9 %

Fortnite1920x1080 176,5 fps 188,4 fps +6,7 %

Fortnite 1920x1080 P99 256,8 fps 290,6 fps +13,2 %

Fortnite P0.1 54,3 fps 77,8 fps +43,3 %

Geekbench 6.4.0 OpenCL 390.390 Punkte 129.901 Punkte +200,5 %

Geekbench 6.4.0 VULKAN 410.399 Punkte 150.158 Punkte +173,3 %

Metro Exodus P0.1 82,0 fps 43,0 fps +90,7 %

Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark1920x1080, Ultra+NoDLSS,No-Raytracing 137,6 fps 120,2 fps +14,5 %

Synthetische Benchmarks 1.393 Rating 534,0 Rating +160,9 %

Unigine Superposition1080p Extreme 206,3 fps 112,1 fps +84,0 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme min FPS 150,1 fps 76,6 fps +96,1 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme max FPS 281,8 fps 135,1 fps +108,5 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme Punkte 27.586 fps 14.990 fps +84,0 %

Avg. 4K without ray tracing – all tested cards

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio +84,5 %

Individual results (9 tests)

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark3840x2160, Cinematic,50%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,No Raytracing 107,0 fps 66,0 fps +62,1 %

Cyberpunk 2077Ultra Preset, 3840x2160 113,4 fps 63,9 fps +77,4 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 Ultra 3840x2160 min 89,7 fps 52,9 fps +69,6 %

Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 3840x2160 max 142,3 fps 80,4 fps +77,0 %

Final Fantasy XV BenchmarkHighest,kein DLSS,3840x2160 14.058 Punkte 7.035 Punkte +99,8 %

Metro Exodus Ehanced Edition3840x2160 / Extreme 184,6 fps 94,5 fps +95,3 %

Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark3840x2160, Ultra+NoDLSS,No-Raytracing 94,6 fps 61,7 fps +53,2 %

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderUltra, 3840x2160 245,0 fps 122,0 fps +100,8 %

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderUltra, 3840x2160 38.229 fps 19.261 fps +98,5 %

Avg. 4K with ray tracing – all tested cards

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio +84,7 %

Individual results (8 tests)

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark3840x2160, Cinematic,50%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,Raytracing-Very-High 85,0 fps 24,0 fps +254,2 %

Cyberpunk 2077Low RayTracing Low OHNE DLSS-FSR, 3840x2160 100,5 fps 57,2 fps +75,8 %

Cyberpunk 2077RayTracing Low DLSS / FSR2.1 3840x2160 162,9 fps 111,7 fps +45,8 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 RayTracing DLSS 3840x2160 min 143,9 fps 99,4 fps +44,7 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 RayTracing Low 3840x2160 min 81,4 fps 48,1 fps +69,3 %

Cyberpunk 2077 Low RayTracing Low 3840x2160 max 124,3 fps 69,9 fps +77,9 %

Cyberpunk 2077 RayTracing DLSS 3840x2160 max 193,1 fps 135,3 fps +42,7 %

Metro Exodus P99. Moscow3840x2160 DXR,Ultra,no DLSS 273,3 fps 144,5 fps +89,1 %

Avg. 8K – all tested cards

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio +143,1 %

Individual results (2 tests)

Unigine Superposition8k Extreme 140,9 fps 57,9 fps +143,6 %

Unigine Superposition 8k Optimized 18.838 fps 7.734 fps +143,6 %

Price / performance

Each dot is a tested card – the further up and left, the more performance per euro.

Specifications

Key details

	MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Architecture	Blackwell	n/a
Generation	Blackwell	n/a
Type	Desktop GPU	Desktop GPU

Detailed specifications

	MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Shader processors (CUDA / stream)	21,760	n/a
Compute units / SMs	n/a	64
RT cores	n/a	64
Tensor cores	n/a	128
Base clock	2,010 MHz	2,400 MHz
Boost clock	2,410 MHz	2,970 MHz
Power draw (TDP/TGP)	575 W	n/a

VRAM capacity and type

	MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Memory type	GDDR7	GDDR6
Memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	n/a
Memory bandwidth	n/a	640,0 GB/s

Form factor and compatibility

	MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Interface	PCIe Gen 5	PCIe® 5.0 x16

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