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

AMD

Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+

Overall performance index

53,6

Rank 10 of 30 tested cards

Faster

NVIDIA

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio

Overall performance index

100,0

Rank 1 of 30 tested cards

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio is 46,4% faster on average

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

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

Performance by resolution

Full HD (1080p) +31,7 % 99,0fps 145,0fps 4K without ray tracing +45,8 % 84,0fps 155,0fps 4K with ray tracing +45,9 % 72,0fps 133,0fps 8K +58,9 % 58,0fps 141,0fps

Game benchmarks

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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 35.556 Punkte 62.516 Punkte +75,8 %

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme Punkte 14.990 fps 27.586 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 66,0 fps 107,0 fps +62,1 %

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderUltra, 3840x2160 19.261 fps 38.229 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 24,0 fps 85,0 fps +254,2 %

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Avg. 8K – all tested cards

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio +143,1 %

Individual results (2 tests)

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

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

Price / performance

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

Specifications

Key details

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

Detailed specifications

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

VRAM capacity and type

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

Form factor and compatibility

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

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