Asus ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition VS Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 ArcticStorm AIO

At their core, both cards share the same RTX 5090 silicon foundation: identical base clocks of 2017 MHz, the same 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, and matching memory speeds of 1750 MHz. This means out-of-the-box architectural parity — any performance delta between them comes down purely to how aggressively each manufacturer has tuned the boost behavior.

That's where the Asus ROG Astral LC pulls meaningfully ahead. Its GPU turbo of 2580 MHz outpaces the Zotac ArcticStorm AIO's 2437 MHz — a 143 MHz gap that cascades directly into every derived metric. The ROG Astral delivers 112.3 TFLOPS of floating-point throughput versus 106.1 TFLOPS on the Zotac, a roughly 5.8% advantage. Similarly, its pixel rate of 454.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1754 GTexels/s both exceed the Zotac's figures by a comparable margin. In practice, this translates to a measurable edge in compute-heavy workloads — AI inference, ray tracing at 4K, and GPU-accelerated rendering — where sustained boost clocks matter most.

The Asus ROG Astral LC has a clear performance advantage in this group, driven entirely by its higher factory boost clock. Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point, so neither has an architectural edge there. For users who want the fastest out-of-the-box RTX 5090 experience without manual overclocking, the ROG Astral LC is the stronger pick based solely on these specs.

The Asus ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition and the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 ArcticStorm AIO have identical specifications in the memory group. Both products feature an effective memory speed of 28000 MHz, a maximum memory bandwidth of 1790 GB/s, and 32GB of VRAM. They also share the same GDDR7 memory version and a 512-bit memory bus width.

Additionally, both models support ECC memory, ensuring error correction for more reliable operation in demanding tasks.

Since all these memory specifications are the same between the two models, there is no distinction in this category.

The Asus ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition and the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 ArcticStorm AIO are identical in their feature sets. Both models support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and OpenCL 3, and are equipped with multi-display technology. They also both support ray tracing, 3D, and DLSS, as well as Intel Resizable BAR, but do not feature XeSS (XMX).

Both products lack LHR (Lite Hash Rate) technology, feature RGB lighting, and support up to 4 displays. These specifications are consistent across both the Asus and Zotac models.

Since the features are identical between the two cards, there is no difference to note in this group.

The Asus ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition and the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 ArcticStorm AIO share some similarities in their port configurations but differ in the number of HDMI ports. The Asus model includes 2 HDMI ports, while the Zotac model has only 1 HDMI port. Both products support HDMI 2.1b.

Both cards feature 3 DisplayPort outputs and have no USB-C, DVI, or mini DisplayPort outputs. Therefore, the key difference between the two is the number of HDMI ports, with the Asus card offering one more compared to the Zotac card.

Aside from the HDMI port count, the rest of the port specifications are identical between the two models.

The Asus ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition and the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 ArcticStorm AIO are virtually identical in terms of general specifications. Both use the Blackwell GPU architecture, have a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 575W, and feature the PCI Express 5.0 version. The semiconductor size and number of transistors are also the same, with both cards using a 5 nm process and having 92200 million transistors.

Both products also feature air-water cooling, ensuring efficient heat dissipation. The main difference between the two is their physical dimensions: the Asus model has a width of 288.5 mm and a height of 153.7 mm, while the Zotac model is slightly more compact, with a width of 251.6 mm and a height of 160.1 mm.

Aside from these minor dimensional differences, all other specifications in this group are identical between the two models.