RTX 5090 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 5090 is 82.7 % stronger than Radeon RX 9070 XT. RTX 5090 ranks #1 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (28,359 GPU score over 5 verified runs). Radeon RX 9070 XT ranks #4 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (15,520 GPU score over 7 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 12 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 5090 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 28,359 | 15,520 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 21,848 | 12,063 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 132.6 FPS | 64.7 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 171.1 FPS | 53.8 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 112.4 FPS | 49.4 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 112.8 FPS | 28.7 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 662 GB/s | 106 GB/s |
| VRAM | 31 GB | 16 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for RTX 5090 · All measurements for Radeon RX 9070 XT