Head-to-head

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB

Compare recorded specifications and inspect source links for both devices. Speed comparisons appear only when workload, runtime version, quantization, context and batch match.

Device profile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB

8B–32B quantized models with room reserved for runtime and KV cache.

Curated Aggregate·2026-08-1032GB / $2.0k
Speed evidence

Matched rows below

VRAM

32 GB

TDP

575 W

Rating

Not scored

Device profile

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB

24GB VRAM for Linux-native builders who want NVIDIA-tier capacity at AMD pricing and are comfortable with software tradeoffs

Curated Aggregate·2026-03-1124GB / $899
Speed evidence

Matched rows below

VRAM

24 GB

TDP

355 W

Rating

Not scored

Quick verdict

Speed comparisons require matching runtime settings. A missing score means insufficient comparative evidence.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB wins VRAM capacity.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB has the lower published power rating.

MetricNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GBAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
MyAI ratingNot scoredNot scored
Speed comparisonSee matched rows belowSee matched rows below
VRAM32 GB24 GB
TDP575 W355 W
MSRP$2.0k$899
Workloads3011

Shared benchmark rows

No batch-one rows with matching model, quantization, context, runtime and offload notes are available. We cannot calculate a comparable speed difference.
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External quality layer

Best open models likely to fit this class

This shortlist cross-references the external OpenEvals snapshot with an approximate Q4-class VRAM estimate. Use it to sanity-check whether the hardware you are comparing can host strong open models, not just benchmark toy workloads.

Full ingest

microsoft/Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct

14B params · est. 8.4 GB Q4

91.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB: likely fitAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB: likely fit

microsoft/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

3.8B params · est. 2.3 GB Q4

86.2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB: likely fitAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB: likely fit

internlm/internlm2_5-7b-chat

7.7B params · est. 4.6 GB Q4

86.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB: likely fitAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB: likely fit

microsoft/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct

3.8B params · est. 2.3 GB Q4

85.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB: likely fitAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB: likely fit