MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Vanguard 32GB GDDR7

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Vanguard 32GB GDDR7

MSI
81 Overall Score
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming 20GB GDDR6

ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming 20GB GDDR6

ASRock
83 Overall Score

Scores

Ai Llm
MSI
88
ASRock
71
Gaming 4k
MSI
87
ASRock
83
Ray Tracing
MSI
84
ASRock
86
Gaming 1440p
MSI
83
ASRock
83
Gaming 1080p
MSI
80
ASRock
82
Content Creation
MSI
80
ASRock
82
Workstation
MSI
76
ASRock
74
Budget
MSI
59
ASRock
69

Specifications

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 VanguardASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming
Chipset
GPU ChipsetGeForce RTX 5090Radeon RX 7900 XT
BrandNVIDIAAMD
ArchitectureBlackwellRDNA 3
Classconsumerconsumer
Process—5★
Memory
VRAM32 GB★20 GB
Memory TypeGDDR7★GDDR6
Memory Bus
512
320
BandwidthNo data
960
ECC—✗
Compute
CUDA Cores
21,760
No data
Stream ProcessorsNo data
5,376
Tensor CoresNo data
192
RT Cores—96★
Base Clock
990
2,075
Boost Clock
2,000
2,450
FP16 TFLOPSNo data
122.80000305175781
FP32 TFLOPS—61.38999938964844★
Performance
PassMark G3D
38,958
29,059
GPU Compute
26,734
17,736
Power & Cooling
TDP575300★
Recommended PSU1,000750★
Power Connectors16-pin x12 x 8-Pin
CoolerTriple FanTriple Fan
Fans33
Connectivity
InterfacePCIe 5.0PCI Express 4.0
DisplayPort33
HDMI11
USB-C—0★
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43207680 x 4320
Physical
Length357330★
Slot Width32.799999952316284★
Form Factor—ATX
Weight2.40 kg1.40 kg★
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingDLSS 4FSR
AV1 Encode—✓★
DirectX—12 Ultimate
RGB✓✓

Pros & Cons

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Vanguard 32GB GDDR7

  • Strong raster (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong vram (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong compute (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong ai (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Below average affordability (1st percentile)1st %ile
  • Below average social proof (21st percentile)
  • Below average efficiency (27th percentile)

ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming 20GB GDDR6

  • Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong rt (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong ai (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Below average affordability (17th percentile)17th %ile

Pricing

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Vanguard 32GB GDDR7

No current pricing available

ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming 20GB GDDR6

Verdict

★ Winner: ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming

Scores 83 overall, wins 3 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 40 specs.

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Vanguard Better at:

Ai LlmGaming 4k

ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming Better at:

BudgetGaming 1080pContent Creation

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