AMD Radeon PRO W7800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D Comparison

# Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a decisive performance gap between these two cards in the two shared benchmark tests. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D wins both head-to-head comparisons, and the margins are substantial.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5090 D scores 310,674 against the AMD Radeon PRO W7800's 154,366. That puts the NVIDIA card 50.3% ahead, a massive advantage in raw compute throughput. The OpenCL workload stresses general-purpose GPU compute, and the results indicate that the RTX 5090 D is in a different performance tier entirely.

The Vulkan benchmark tells a similar story. The RTX 5090 D posts 376,915 points, while the Radeon PRO W7800 manages 175,422. The delta here is even larger at 53.5%. Vulkan is a low-level graphics and compute API, and the NVIDIA card's lead suggests that its architecture handles draw calls, shader execution, and compute dispatch more efficiently under this workload.

Looking at the broader benchmark averages, the picture becomes more nuanced. The Radeon PRO W7800 has an average benchmark score of 164,894 across its two recorded tests, placing it in the 97th percentile of all GPUs in the database. The RTX 5090 D, despite its dominant head-to-head wins, has an average score of 77,712 across ten recorded tests, placing it in the 92nd percentile. This discrepancy comes from the RTX 5090 D's benchmark suite including several PassMark tests that score on different scales, particularly the DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and DirectX 12 results, which are single-digit or low-three-digit scores that drag down the arithmetic mean.

The Radeon PRO W7800's nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA RTX A5500 with an average score of 165,217, a 0.2% delta in the Radeon's favor, and the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation at 166,094, where the Radeon trails by 0.7%. It also sits 1.5% ahead of the NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB and 2.2% behind the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X. These tight margins place the W7800 in a competitive professional workstation segment.

The RTX 5090 D's nearest rivals are dramatically different. It sits just 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT, 1.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, and 2.1% to 2.4% behind two NVIDIA Tesla P100 variants. This is surprising given the RTX 5090 D's raw specifications, but it reflects the mix of benchmarks recorded for it, which include legacy DirectX tests where newer architectures do not always excel.

# The Verdict

The data points to a clear conclusion: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the faster card in compute and graphics workloads measured by the database, with a 50.3% lead in OpenCL and a 53.5% lead in Vulkan over the AMD Radeon PRO W7800. If raw performance in these two APIs is the only criterion, the RTX 5090 D wins outright.

However, the average benchmark scores tell a different story when considering consistency across a broader test suite. The Radeon PRO W7800's 164,894 average places it at the 97th percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 5090 D's 77,712 average places it at the 92nd percentile. The Radeon card's average is more than double the RTX 5090 D's average, despite losing both head-to-head tests. This is because the RTX 5090 D has ten recorded benchmarks, including PassMark DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12 tests that score 434, 231, 371, and 219 respectively, along with a PassMark G2D score of 1,487. These low scores pull its average down considerably.

For a professional workstation buyer, the Radeon PRO W7800's higher percentile ranking and narrower benchmark variance may be more meaningful. Its nearest rivals are all professional or data-center cards, and its performance envelope is tightly clustered. The RTX 5090 D, by contrast, sits among mobile and older data-center GPUs in its nearest-rival list, which suggests its benchmark profile is less representative of a workstation role.

The verdict depends on the workload. For OpenCL and Vulkan compute tasks, the RTX 5090 D is the superior choice by a wide margin. For a more balanced assessment across diverse tests, the Radeon PRO W7800 holds a higher overall standing in the database. Neither card is a poor choice, but the data favors the RTX 5090 D for raw speed and the Radeon PRO W7800 for percentile consistency.

# Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D wins decisively in the two benchmarks where both cards have recorded results. Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan are both compute-oriented tests, and the RTX 5090 D's scores of 310,674 and 376,915 dwarf the Radeon PRO W7800's 154,366 and 175,422. This makes the RTX 5090 D the clear pick for applications that rely heavily on OpenCL or Vulkan compute, such as certain scientific simulations, rendering pipelines, and machine learning inference tasks that use these APIs.

The Radeon PRO W7800 wins on consistency and standing within the database. Its 97th percentile ranking versus the RTX 5090 D's 92nd percentile means that, across all GPUs tracked, the Radeon card sits higher in the distribution. Its average benchmark score of 164,894 is also far higher than the RTX 5090 D's 77,712, though this comparison is skewed by the different number of tests recorded for each card. Still, the Radeon PRO W7800's nearest rivals are all professional-grade cards, including the NVIDIA RTX A5500 and RTX 4500 Ada Generation, with deltas under 1%. This places it firmly in the workstation segment.

The RTX 5090 D, on the other hand, has nearest rivals that include the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT and RX 6850M XT, which are mobile GPUs, as well as the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and 16 GB, which are data-center accelerators from an older generation. This suggests the RTX 5090 D's benchmark profile is more mixed, and its strengths may not align neatly with professional workstation workloads.

For users prioritizing a single dominant compute metric, the RTX 5090 D wins. For users prioritizing a high percentile ranking and a benchmark profile that clusters with other professional cards, the Radeon PRO W7800 wins. The choice hinges on which metric matters more for the intended use case.

# FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher score in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D scores 310,674, which is 50.3% higher than the AMD Radeon PRO W7800's 154,366.

Q: How big is the Vulkan performance gap between the two cards?

A: The RTX 5090 D leads by 53.5% in Geekbench Vulkan, with a score of 376,915 versus the Radeon PRO W7800's 175,422.

Q: Which card ranks higher among all GPUs in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7800 ranks in the 97th percentile, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks in the 92nd percentile.

Q: What are the average benchmark scores for each card?

A: The Radeon PRO W7800 has an average benchmark score of 164,894 across two tests. The RTX 5090 D has an average of 77,712 across ten tests.

Q: How does the Radeon PRO W7800 compare to its nearest rivals?

A: It is 0.2% behind the NVIDIA RTX A5500, 0.7% behind the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation, 1.5% ahead of the NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB, and 2.2% behind the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 D compare to its nearest rivals?

A: It is 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT, 1.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, 2.1% behind the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, and 2.4% behind the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB.

# Architecture Differences

The two cards are built on fundamentally different architectures. The AMD Radeon PRO W7800 uses the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 31 chip, codenamed Plum Bonito. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB202 chip. Both are fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, but the similarities end there.

The transistor counts differ substantially. The Radeon PRO W7800 has 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 109.1 million per mm². The RTX 5090 D has 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die, with a density of 122.9 million per mm². The NVIDIA chip is larger and denser, which contributes to its higher compute throughput.

Memory architecture also diverges. The Radeon PRO W7800 uses 32 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 576.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5090 D uses 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5090 D has more than three times the memory bandwidth, which explains its dominance in memory-intensive compute workloads.

The compute units differ in scale. The Radeon PRO W7800 has 4,480 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 128 render output units, with 70 ray tracing cores. The RTX 5090 D has 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 render output units, with 170 ray tracing cores and 680 tensor cores. The RTX 5090 D has nearly five times the shading units and more than double the ray tracing cores.

Peak performance figures reflect this. The Radeon PRO W7800 delivers 45.25 TFLOPS of FP32 and 90.50 TFLOPS of FP16 at a 2:1 ratio. The RTX 5090 D delivers 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 and 104.8 TFLOPS of FP16 at a 1:1 ratio. The NVIDIA card has more than double the FP32 throughput and a higher FP16 rate that does not rely on a reduced precision ratio.

Pixel and texture rates also favor the RTX 5090 D. The Radeon PRO W7800 has a pixel rate of 323.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 707.0 GTexel/s. The RTX 5090 D reaches 423.6 GPixel/s and 1,636.8 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card is faster in both rasterization and texture work.

# Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. Process node is identical at 5 nm and both use TSMC as the foundry, but transistor counts and die sizes diverge significantly. The RTX 5090 D has 92,200 million transistors versus 57,700 million, and a 750 mm² die versus 529 mm².

Clock speeds favor the RTX 5090 D. Its base clock is 2,017 MHz with a boost of 2,407 MHz, while the Radeon PRO W7800 has a base of 1,895 MHz and a boost of 2,525 MHz. The Radeon card has a higher boost clock, but the NVIDIA card starts from a higher base.

Memory configurations are similar in capacity but different in type and bandwidth. Both have 32 GB, but the Radeon uses GDDR6 at 18 Gbps effective, while the RTX 5090 D uses GDDR7 at 28 Gbps effective. The bus width is 256-bit for AMD and 512-bit for NVIDIA, yielding bandwidth of 576.0 GB/s versus 1.79 TB/s.

Shader resources heavily favor NVIDIA. The RTX 5090 D has 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 170 ray tracing cores, and 680 tensor cores. The Radeon PRO W7800 has 4,480 shading units, 280 TMUs, 128 ROPs, and 70 ray tracing cores, with no tensor cores listed.

Power requirements differ substantially. The Radeon PRO W7800 has a TDP of 260 W with a suggested PSU of 600 W and dual 8-pin connectors. The RTX 5090 D has a TDP of 575 W with a suggested PSU of 950 W and a single 16-pin connector. The NVIDIA card draws more than double the power.

Physical dimensions also vary. The Radeon PRO W7800 measures 280 mm in length, 110 mm in height, and 40 mm in width. The RTX 5090 D is larger at 304 mm long, 137 mm high, and 48 mm wide. Both are dual-slot cards.

Bus interface differs by generation. The Radeon PRO W7800 uses PCIe 4.0 x16, while the RTX 5090 D uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs also differ: the Radeon offers 3x DisplayPort 2.1 and 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1, while the RTX 5090 D offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b.

Release dates are separated by nearly two years. The Radeon PRO W7800 launched in April 2023, while the RTX 5090 D launched in January 2025. The Radeon's predecessor is the Radeon Pro Vega, while the RTX 5090 D's predecessor is the GeForce 40 series and its successor is the GeForce 60 series. Both cards remain in active production.