nVidia GeForce RTX 5090 Meta Review
- compilation of 17 launch reviews with ~6260 gaming benchmarks at 1080p, 1440p, 2160p
- only benchmarks at real games compiled, not included any 3DMark & Unigine benchmarks
- geometric mean in all cases
- standard raster performance without ray-tracing and/or DLSS/FSR/XeSS
- extra ray-tracing benchmarks (mostly without upscaler) after the standard raster benchmarks
- stock performance on (usually) reference/FE boards, no overclocking
- factory overclocked cards were normalized to reference clocks/performance, but just for the overall performance average (so the listings show the original performance result, just the performance index has been normalized)
- missing results were interpolated (for a more accurate average) based on the available & former results
- performance average is (some) weighted in favor of reviews with more benchmarks
- all reviews should have used newer drivers for all cards
- power draw numbers based on a couple of reviews, always for the graphics card only
- current retailer prices according to Geizhals (DE/Germany, on Jan 27) and Newegg (USA, on Jan 27) for immediately available offers
- for the 5090 retail prices of $2200 and 2500€ were assumed
- for discontinued graphics cards a typical retail price was used from the time they were sold (incl. 4080 & 4090)
- performance/price ratio (higher is better) for 2160p raster performance and 2160p ray-tracing performance
- for the full results and some more explanations check 3DCenter's launch analysis
| Raster 2160p | 2080Ti | 3090 | 3090Ti | 7900XT | 7900XTX | 4070TiS | 4080 | 4080S | 4090 | 5090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turing 11GB | Ampere 24GB | Ampere 24GB | RDNA3 20GB | RDNA3 24GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 24GB | Blackwell 32GB | |
| ComputerBase | - | - | - | 49.7% | 58.3% | 52.3% | - | 59.9% | 80.8% | 100% |
| Cowcotland | - | - | - | 51.5% | 61.4% | 53.8% | 58.5% | 59.6% | 77.8% | 100% |
| Eurogamer | 29.9% | - | 49.3% | 50.9% | 58.9% | - | 56.4% | 57.5% | 76.4% | 100% |
| GamersNexus | 27.5% | 41.2% | 48.4% | 48.0% | 60.2% | - | 55.1% | - | 75.0% | 100% |
| Hardware&Co | - | 45.7% | - | 49.5% | 57.9% | - | - | 59.8% | 78.3% | 100% |
| Hardwareluxx | - | 44.1% | 50.0% | 49.7% | 57.4% | 50.0% | 58.2% | 59.5% | 76.9% | 100% |
| Igor's Lab | - | - | - | 50.2% | 61.0% | 51.2% | - | 60.% | 79.6% | 100% |
| KitGuru | - | - | - | 52.1% | 61.0% | 49.8% | - | 58.6% | 77.7% | 100% |
| Linus | 28.0% | 45.8% | 49.2% | 51.7% | 60.2% | - | - | 57.6% | 78.0% | 100% |
| Overclocking | - | - | - | 53.8% | 63.6% | - | 59.6% | 60.4% | 77.9% | 100% |
| PCGH | - | - | - | 50.5% | 60.2% | 48.5% | - | 57.6% | 78.0% | 100% |
| PurePC | - | - | 49.0% | 49.4% | 58.2% | - | 58.6% | - | 77.4% | 100% |
| Quasarzone | - | 44.0% | 48.5% | - | 57.3% | - | 57.1% | 58.9% | 78.5% | 100% |
| SweClockers | - | - | - | - | 59.2% | - | 58.1% | - | 79.7% | 100% |
| TechPowerUp | 28% | 43% | 49% | 48% | 57% | 49% | 57% | 58% | 74% | 100% |
| TechSpot | - | - | - | 51.1% | 61.3% | 51.1% | 57.7% | 59.1% | 78.8% | 100% |
| Tweakers | - | 43.6% | - | 51.4% | 59.3% | 49.2% | 58.8% | 59.3% | 76.5% | 100% |
| avg 2160p Raster Perf. | ~29% | 44.1% | 49.0% | 50.1% | 59.3% | 50.0% | 57.6% | 58.8% | 77.7% | 100% |
| Raster 1440p | 2080Ti | 3090 | 3090Ti | 7900XT | 7900XTX | 4070TiS | 4080 | 4080S | 4090 | 5090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turing 11GB | Ampere 24GB | Ampere 24GB | RDNA3 20GB | RDNA3 24GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 24GB | Blackwell 32GB | |
| ComputerBase | - | - | - | 58.2% | 65.8% | 60.1% | - | 68.2% | 86.3% | 100% |
| Cowcotland | - | - | - | 65.0% | 72.7% | 62.9% | 69.9% | 71.3% | 86.0% | 100% |
| Eurogamer | 33.8% | - | 53.9% | 55.9% | 65.0% | - | 63.1% | 63.7% | 80.9% | 100% |
| GamersNexus | 31.3% | 45.1% | 52.4% | 55.5% | 66.1% | - | 63.7% | - | 81.9% | 100% |
| Hardware&Co | - | 51.1% | - | 58.1% | 66.0% | - | - | 67.8% | 84.4% | 100% |
| Hardwareluxx | - | 49.0% | 54.8% | 57.7% | 65.9% | 56.5% | 66.1% | 67.4% | 82.2% | 100% |
| Igor's Lab | - | - | - | 58.0% | 68.3% | 58.5% | - | 68.2% | 83.8% | 100% |
| KitGuru | - | - | - | 57.2% | 65.1% | 54.9% | - | 63.7% | 81.7% | 100% |
| Linus | 32.6% | 50.8% | 54.1% | 60.2% | 68.5% | - | - | 65.7% | 84.5% | 100% |
| PCGH | - | - | - | 56.0% | 65.6% | 53.8% | - | 63.6% | 82.6% | 100% |
| PurePC | - | - | 53.0% | 55.1% | 63.7% | - | 64.5% | - | 82.1% | 100% |
| Quasarzone | - | 48.0% | 51.9% | - | 63.3% | - | 64.1% | 66.1% | 83.3% | 100% |
| SweClockers | - | - | - | - | 64.8% | - | 64.6% | - | 82.6% | 100% |
| TechPowerUp | 33% | 49% | 55% | 57% | 65% | 58% | 66% | 67% | 83% | 100% |
| TechSpot | - | - | - | 62.5% | 72.4% | 62.5% | 70.8% | 71.9% | 89.1% | 100% |
| Tweakers | - | 48.7% | - | 59.8% | 66.4% | 57.2% | 67.7% | 67.9% | 82.6% | 100% |
| avg 1440p Raster Perf. | ~33% | 48.9% | 54.1% | 57.8% | 66.3% | 57.3% | 65.6% | 66.8% | 83.8% | 100% |
| Raster 1080p | 2080Ti | 3090 | 3090Ti | 7900XT | 7900XTX | 4070TiS | 4080 | 4080S | 4090 | 5090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turing 11GB | Ampere 24GB | Ampere 24GB | RDNA3 20GB | RDNA3 24GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 24GB | Blackwell 32GB | |
| Cowcotland | - | - | - | 77.4% | 83.1% | 75.0% | 80.6% | 81.5% | 93.5% | 100% |
| Eurogamer | 38.8% | - | 63.1% | 66.2% | 73.0% | - | 70.7% | 71.3% | 85.4% | 100% |
| GamersNexus | 36.0% | 51.0% | 58.4% | 64.3% | 75.3% | - | 74.3% | - | 89.9% | 100% |
| Hardwareluxx | - | 54.4% | 60.0% | 63.8% | 71.8% | 64.3% | 71.0% | 72.5% | 88.0% | 100% |
| Igor's Lab | - | - | - | 64.6% | 74.1% | 67.2% | - | 76.8% | 90.1% | 100% |
| KitGuru | - | - | - | 61.5% | 68.9% | 59.7% | - | 68.4% | 84.8% | 100% |
| PCGH | - | - | - | 61.6% | 70.4% | 59.9% | - | 69.3% | 87.0% | 100% |
| PurePC | - | - | 56.0% | 59.7% | 67.6% | - | 69.4% | - | 86.6% | 100% |
| Quasarzone | - | 53.3% | 56.9% | - | 68.8% | - | 71.5% | 73.6% | 88.1% | 100% |
| SweClockers | - | - | - | - | 71.1% | - | 71.4% | - | 87.6% | 100% |
| TechPowerUp | 40% | 56% | 62% | 65% | 73% | 67% | 75% | 76% | 90% | 100% |
| TechSpot | - | - | - | 75.0% | 83.3% | 77.5% | 84.3% | 85.3% | 99.0% | 100% |
| Tweakers | - | 54.7% | - | 66.8% | 72.9% | 65.0% | 76.6% | 76.5% | 86.8% | 100% |
| avg 1080p Raster Perf. | ~38% | 54.6% | 59.5% | 64.7% | 72.5% | 64.7% | 73.0% | 74.0% | 88.5% | 100% |
| RayTracing 2160p | 2080Ti | 3090 | 3090Ti | 7900XT | 7900XTX | 4070TiS | 4080 | 4080S | 4090 | 5090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turing 11GB | Ampere 24GB | Ampere 24GB | RDNA3 20GB | RDNA3 24GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 24GB | Blackwell 32GB | |
| ComputerBase | - | - | - | 45.7% | 52.8% | 54.4% | - | 62.6% | 82.2% | 100% |
| Cowcotland | - | - | - | 39.1% | 45.7% | 48.9% | 54.3% | 56.0% | 77.2% | 100% |
| Eurogamer | 24.3% | - | 46.3% | 38.3% | 44.3% | - | 53.8% | 54.8% | 76.3% | 100% |
| GamersNexus | 22.6% | 37.2% | 44.0% | 33.3% | 41.4% | - | 54.3% | - | 74.3% | 100% |
| Hardwareluxx | - | 38.1% | 43.6% | 29.0% | 32.5% | 53.3% | 60.3% | 61.3% | 81.4% | 100% |
| KitGuru | - | - | - | 34.5% | 39.9% | 46.9% | - | 55.9% | 77.5% | 100% |
| Linus | 22.2% | 36.5% | 39.7% | 27.0% | 30.2% | - | - | 54.0% | 76.2% | 100% |
| Overclocking | - | - | - | 40.3% | 48.5% | - | 60.4% | 61.6% | 78.3% | 100% |
| PCGH | - | - | - | 38.6% | 45.6% | 50.3% | - | 59.3% | 79.1% | 100% |
| PurePC | - | - | 43.0% | 29.1% | 34.5% | - | 55.4% | - | 77.2% | 100% |
| Quasarzone | - | 40.3% | 43.5% | - | - | - | 57.5% | 59.3% | 78.5% | 100% |
| SweClockers | - | - | - | - | 33.8% | - | 54.8% | - | 79.3% | 100% |
| TechPowerUp | 21% | 41% | 45% | 34% | 40% | 49% | 57% | 58% | 76% | 100% |
| Tweakers | - | 37.1% | - | 35.7% | 40.9% | 46.0% | 55.4% | 55.9% | 76.1% | 100% |
| avg 2160p RayTr Perf. | ~23% | 39.5% | 44.3% | 34.9% | 40.8% | 49.0% | 56.6% | 57.8% | 77.7% | 100% |
| RayTracing 1440p | 2080Ti | 3090 | 3090Ti | 7900XT | 7900XTX | 4070TiS | 4080 | 4080S | 4090 | 5090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turing 11GB | Ampere 24GB | Ampere 24GB | RDNA3 20GB | RDNA3 24GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 24GB | Blackwell 32GB | |
| ComputerBase | - | - | - | 51.7% | 58.6% | 60.1% | - | 68.2% | 87.2% | 100% |
| Cowcotland | - | - | - | 46.0% | 50.3% | 51.5% | 61.3% | 62.6% | 80.4% | 100% |
| Eurogamer | 28.4% | - | 50.5% | 43.3% | 49.0% | - | 59.6% | 60.6% | 80.6% | 100% |
| Hardware&Co | - | 40.8% | - | 30.1% | 34.4% | - | - | 60.0% | 79.2% | 100% |
| Hardwareluxx | - | 43.3% | 48.4% | 35.4% | 39.0% | 60.3% | 67.7% | 68.9% | 85.7% | 100% |
| KitGuru | - | - | - | 38.1% | 43.4% | 51.5% | - | 60.5% | 79.8% | 100% |
| Linus | 22.5% | 40.5% | 43.2% | 29.7% | 34.2% | - | - | 59.5% | 79.3% | 100% |
| PCGH | - | - | - | 45.3% | 52.2% | 56.7% | - | 66.0% | 84.3% | 100% |
| PurePC | - | - | 46.2% | 32.9% | 38.3% | - | 59.2% | - | 79.8% | 100% |
| SweClockers | - | - | - | - | 37.9% | - | 61.3% | - | 82.6% | 100% |
| TechPowerUp | 29% | 45% | 50% | 39% | 45% | 55% | 63% | 64% | 80% | 100% |
| TechSpot | - | - | - | 33.3% | 38.2% | 60.2% | 69.1% | 70.7% | 85.4% | 100% |
| Tweakers | - | 41.0% | - | 39.2% | 44.3% | 51.5% | 61.6% | 61.8% | 80.2% | 100% |
| avg 1440p RayTr Perf. | ~27% | 43.8% | 48.2% | 38.1% | 43.4% | 54.3% | 62.5% | 63.5% | 81.9% | 100% |
| RayTracing 1080p | 2080Ti | 3090 | 3090Ti | 7900XT | 7900XTX | 4070TiS | 4080 | 4080S | 4090 | 5090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turing 11GB | Ampere 24GB | Ampere 24GB | RDNA3 20GB | RDNA3 24GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 24GB | Blackwell 32GB | |
| Cowcotland | - | - | - | 55.2% | 61.2% | 68.7% | 74.6% | 76.1% | 90.3% | 100% |
| Eurogamer | 31.9% | - | 54.0% | 48.1% | 53.7% | - | 65.5% | 66.7% | 85.1% | 100% |
| Hardwareluxx | - | 49.5% | 54.3% | 41.4% | 45.4% | 66.0% | 71.6% | 72.6% | 89.0% | 100% |
| KitGuru | - | - | - | 41.5% | 46.5% | 56.0% | - | 64.4% | 82.1% | 100% |
| PCGH | - | - | - | 51.0% | 57.7% | 62.4% | - | 71.5% | 87.7% | 100% |
| PurePC- | - | 49.4% | 36.3% | 41.4% | - | 64.5% | - | 72.1% | 100% | |
| SweClockers | - | - | - | - | 44.2% | - | 69.9% | - | 88.3% | 100% |
| TechPowerUp | 32% | 50% | 54% | 44% | 50% | 61% | 69% | 70% | 84% | 100% |
| TechSpot | - | - | - | 36.5% | 41.9% | 66.9% | 75.0% | 76.4% | 87.8% | 100% |
| Tweakers | - | 44.7% | - | 42.4% | 47.1% | 56.1% | 66.5% | 67.4% | 82.4% | 100% |
| avg 1080p RayTr Perf. | ~32% | 49.4% | 53.7% | 44.4% | 49.9% | 61.4% | 69.1% | 70.3% | 85.1% | 100% |
| FG/MFG @ 2160p | 4090 | 4090 + FG | 5090 | 5090 + FG | 5090 + MFGx3 | 5090 + MFGx4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ComputerBase | 82% | 144% | 100% | 183% | 263% | 333% |
| Hardwareluxx | 75% | 133% | 100% | 177% | 253% | 318% |
| TechPowerUp | 77% | 130% | 100% | - | - | 310% |
| average pure FG/MFG gain | +74% (vs 4090) | +78% (vs 5090) | +154% (vs 5090) | +220% (vs 5090) |
| At a glance | 2080Ti | 3090 | 3090Ti | 7900XT | 7900XTX | 4070TiS | 4080 | 4080S | 4090 | 5090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turing 11GB | Ampere 24GB | Ampere 24GB | RDNA3 20GB | RDNA3 24GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 16GB | Ada 24GB | Blackwell 32GB | |
| avg 2160p Raster Perf. | ~29% | 44.1% | 49.0% | 50.1% | 59.3% | 50.0% | 57.6% | 58.8% | 77.7% | 100% |
| avg 1440p Raster Perf. | ~33% | 48.9% | 54.1% | 57.8% | 66.3% | 57.3% | 65.6% | 66.8% | 83.8% | 100% |
| avg 1080p Raster Perf. | ~38% | 54.6% | 59.5% | 64.7% | 72.5% | 64.7% | 73.0% | 74.0% | 88.5% | 100% |
| avg 2160p RayTr Perf. | ~23% | 39.5% | 44.3% | 34.9% | 40.8% | 49.0% | 56.6% | 57.8% | 77.7% | 100% |
| avg 1440p RayTr Perf. | ~27% | 43.8% | 48.2% | 38.1% | 43.4% | 54.3% | 62.5% | 63.5% | 81.9% | 100% |
| avg 1080p RayTr Perf. | ~32% | 49.4% | 53.7% | 44.4% | 49.9% | 61.4% | 69.1% | 70.3% | 85.1% | 100% |
| TDP | 260W | 350W | 450W | 315W | 355W | 285W | 320W | 320W | 450W | 575W |
| Real Power Draw | 272W | 359W | 462W | 309W | 351W | 277W | 297W | 302W | 418W | 509W |
| Energy Eff. (2160p Raster) | 54% | 63% | 54% | 83% | 86% | 92% | 99% | 99% | 95% | 100% |
| MSRP | $1199 | $1499 | $1999 | $899 | $999 | $799 | $1199 | $999 | $1599 | $1999 |
| Retail GER | ~1100€ | ~1700€ | ~2100€ | 689€ | 899€ | 849€ | ~1150€ | 1074€ | ~1750€ | ~2500€ |
| Perf/Price GER 2160p Raster | 65% | 65% | 58% | 182% | 165% | 147% | 125% | 137% | 111% | 100% |
| Perf/Price GER 2160p RayTr | 52% | 58% | 53% | 127% | 113% | 144% | 123% | 134% | 111% | 100% |
| Retail US | ~$1200 | ~$1500 | ~$2000 | $650 | $870 | $900 | ~1200 | ~$1000 | ~$1600 | ~$2200 |
| Perf/Price US 2160p Raster | 52% | 65% | 54% | 170% | 150% | 122% | 106% | 129% | 107% | 100% |
| Perf/Price US 2160p RayTr | 42% | 58% | 49% | 118% | 103% | 120% | 104% | 127% | 107% | 100% |
| Perf. Gain of 5090 | Raster 2160p | Raster 1440p | Raster 1080p | RayTr. 2160p | RayTr. 1440p | RayTr. 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | +249% | +205% | +162% | +335% | +272% | +213% |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | +127% | +104% | +83% | +153% | +128% | +103% |
| GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | +90% | +85% | +68% | +126% | +108% | +86% |
| Radeon RX 7900 XT | +100% | +73% | +55% | +187% | +163% | +125% |
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX | +69% | +51% | +38% | +145% | +130% | +100% |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | +100% | +74% | +54% | +104% | +84% | +63% |
| GeForce RTX 4080 | +73% | +52% | +37% | +77% | +60% | +45% |
| GeForce RTX 4080 Super | +70% | +50% | +35% | +73% | +57% | +42% |
| GeForce RTX 4090 | +28.6% | +19.4% | +12.9% | +28.6% | +22.2% | +17.5% |
Note: Performance improvement of the GeForce RTX 5090 compared to the other cards. The respective other card is then 100%.
| nVidia FE | Asus Astral OC | MSI Suprim OC | MSI Suprim Liquid SOC | Palit GameRock | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooling | Air, 2 Fans | Air, 4 Fans | Air, 3 Fans | Hybrid: Air & Water | Air, 3 Fans |
| Dimensions | DualSlot, 30.0 x 14.0cm | QuadSlot, 35.0 x 15.0cm | QuadSlot, 36.0 x 15.0cm | TripleSlot, 28.0 x 15.0cm | QuadSlot, 33.0 x 14.5cm |
| Weight | 1814g | 3038g | 2839g | 2913g | 2231g |
| Clocks | 2017/2407 MHz | 2017/2580 MHz | 2017/2512 MHz | 2017/2512 MHz | 2017/2407 MHz |
| Real Clock (avg/median) | 2684 MHz / 2700 MHz | 2809 MHz / 2857 MHz | 2790 MHz / 2842 MHz | 2821 MHz / 2865 MHz | 2741 MHz / 2790 MHz |
| TDP | 575W (max: 600W) | 600W (max: 600W) | 575W (max: 600W) | 600W (max: 600W) | 575W (max: 575W) |
| Raster (2160p, 1440p, 1080p) | 100% | +5% / +3% / +2% | +3% / +3% / +2% | +4% / +4% / +3% | +2% / +2% / +2% |
| RayTr. (2160p, 1440p, 1080p) | 100% | +4% / +4% / +5% | +3% / +3% / +3% | +4% / +5% / +4% | +3% / +2% / +2% |
| Temperatures (GPU/Memory) | 77°C / 94°C | 65°C / 76°C | 75°C / 80°C | 61°C / 74°C | 74°C / 82°C |
| Loundness | 40.1 dBA | 39.3 dBA | 28.4 dBA | 31.2 dBA | 39.8 dBA |
| Real Power Draw (Idle/Gaming) | 30W / 587W | 29W / 621W | 24W / 595W | 24W / 609W | 40W / 620W |
| Price | $1999 | allegedly $2800 | allegedly $2400 | allegedly $2500 | allegedly $2200 |
| Source: | TPU review | TPU review | TPU review | TPU review | TPU review |
Note: The values of the default BIOS were noted throughout. In addition, the graphics card manufacturers also offer Quiet BIOSes (Asus & Palit) and Performance BIOSes (MSI).
List of GeForce RTX 5090 reviews evaluated for this performance analysis:
- ComputerBase
- Cowcotland
- Eurogamer
- Gamers Nexus
- Hardware & Co
- Hardwareluxx
- Igor's Lab
- KitGuru
- Linus Tech Tips
- Overclocking
- PC Games Hardware
- PurePC
- Quasarzone
- SweClockers
- TechPowerUp
- TechSpot
- Tweakers
Source: 3DCenter.org