NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Linux GPU Compute Performance Benchmarks

Written by Michael Larabel in Graphics Cards on 24 January 2025 at 11:36 AM EST. Page 8 of 8. 40 Comments.

When taking the geo mean across 60+ benchmarks of CUDA / OptiX / OpenCL / Vulkan Compute, the GeForce RTX 5090 was delivering 1.42x the performance of the GeForce RTX 4090. A very nice generational improvement considering many of the Windows reviews yesterday were talking up around ~1.3x the performance when not dealing with DLSS4 or similar tech. The GeForce RTX 5090 was delivering great GPU compute performance whether you are into CUDA, OpenCL, or Vulkan.

It was fascinating to look at the generational performance comparing the GeForce RTX 5090 Blackwell to the former Turing and Ampere generations too for those holding out years before investing big money into a new GPU. With these GPU compute benchmarks the GeForce RTX 5090 delivered 2.6x the performance of the GeForce RTX 3090 and 3.7x the performance of the GeForce TITAN RTX.

Across this mix of GPU compute benchmarks the peak was as high as 584 Watts -- similar to the 575 Watt rating. On a performance-per-Watt basis though the GeForce RTX 5090 tended to deliver similar power efficiency to the RTX 4080/4090 graphics cards.

The thermal engineering of the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition was very impressive. Even with the increased power consumption, the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition was running cooler than many of the other Founders Edition graphics cards tested across these GPU compute benchmarks. The only downside to this incredible GPU compute performance with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the price at $1,999 USD.

That's the initial look at the GeForce RTX 5090 Linux performance across varying GPU compute workloads. Linux gaming benchmarks will come following the official Blackwell Linux driver release on launch day. Thanks to NVIDIA for providing the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition review sample for timely testing at Phoronix.

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