Both Nikon A900 and Canon G5 X have 20.0 MP resolution sensors but Nikon A900's sensor is 1/2.3 (6.17 x 4.55 mm ) and Canon G5 X's sensor is 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm ).
Since Canon G5 X's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Nikon A900.
Below you can see the A900 and G5 X sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Canon G5 X has a 4.1x Larger sensor area than Nikon A900. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.