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RTX 5090VSRX 7900 XTX

NVIDIA · Blackwell (RTX 50) · 2025 · halo

The absolute ceiling — the only card that runs everything at 4K max with ray tracing native.

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AMD · RDNA 3 (RX 7000) · 2022 · enthusiast

24 GB of VRAM in a raster-monster card. RT is its weakness.

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Specifications

RTX 5090RX 7900 XTX
VRAM 24 GB GDDR6
Memory bus 384-bit
TBP 355 W
PCIe Gen 4
Local AI (Q4 fit) 32B · ~107 tok/s @8B

Live benchmark data

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Verdict — RTX 5090

If you have to ask if it's worth it, it isn't — this card is for people who want max settings and don't care about the cost. Requires a monster PSU and a case that can fit it. The performance gap over the 5080 is smaller than the price gap.

Verdict — RX 7900 XTX

Aging well for pure rasterization but the RT gap kept it out of the mainstream conversation. Great on the used market for raster-focused workloads.

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