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GeForce RTX 4090 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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Key Differences

  • RTX 4090 is 19% faster than RX 7900 XTX (24 measured runs at 4K, 1440p and 1080p (upscaling unknown)).
  • RTX 4090 has the most memory bandwidth: 1,010 GB/s against 960.0 GB/s.
  • RX 7900 XTX draws the least power: 355 W against 450 W.
  • Core counts are not comparable across these architectures.
Spec GeForce RTX 4090 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX AMD
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
4Kgaming performance 100% (fastest) 8 test runs 79.9% (-20%) 8 test runs
1440pgaming performance 100% (fastest) 8 test runs 84.9% (-15%) 8 test runs
1080pgaming performance 100% (fastest) 8 test runs 88.6% (-11%) 8 test runs
Market price $4,395 Last price seen · US · New retail MSI Gaming X Trio · Newegg US · last seen 2 weeks ago, not in stock now $1,680 Cheapest in stock · US · New retail Newegg US · checked 3 days ago
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 3
Generation / family GeForce RTX 40 Series Radeon RX 7000 Series
GPU codename AD102 Navi 31 XTX
Launch date 2022-10-12 2022-12-13
Launch MSRP Unknown 999
Market segment Desktop, Flagship in GeForce RTX 40 Series Desktop, Enthusiast
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm 5 nm GCD / 6 nm MCD
Die size 609 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 76.3 billion 57700 million
GPU chip AD102 Navi 31
SM / multiprocessor count 128 96
Shader processors Raw counts do not scale linearly across architectures or generations. 16384 CUDA Cores 6144 Stream Processors
AI units Dedicated AI silicon differs significantly across vendors. Not directly comparable. 512 Tensor Cores Unknown AI Accelerators
RT units Dedicated RT unit counts do not scale the same way across vendors. 128 RT Cores 96 Ray Accelerators
ROPs 176 192
TMUs 512 384
Clocks
Base / Core clock 2,235 MHz 1855 MHz
Boost clock 2,520 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory clock 1,313 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory
Memory size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory bus width 384-bit 384-bit
Memory bandwidth 1,010 GB/s 960.0 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 450 W 355 W
Recommended PSU 850 W 800 W
Power connectors 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin 2x 8-pin
Slot width Triple-slot, 304 mm length, 61 mm width Dual-slot
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12 Ultimate
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.3
CUDA support 8.9 Not applicable
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 82.58 TFLOPS 61.44 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 82.58 TFLOPS 122.8 TFLOPS
Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.

DLAA counts as native resolution; DLSS, FSR and XeSS upscaling never do. A ray tracing setting without a readable on or off value is read as on.

Gaming benchmarks

Every card ran the same games at the same settings on one test system: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM. The index sets the fastest card to 100 using the eligible test runs.

  • GeForce RTX 4090
  • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

4K upscaling unknown

  1. GeForce RTX 4090 100 index, fastest
  2. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 79.9 index, 20% behind fastest

Index uses 8 test runs; fastest card = 100.

Per-game results 8 test runs across 8 games
Average and 1% low FPS per game at 4K on AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM
Game Avg FPS · 1% low RTX 4090 RX 7900 XTX Difference
Alan Wake 2 High RTX 4090 72 FPS 1% low 60 RX 7900 XTX 60 FPS 1% low 52 +20% RTX 4090
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra RTX 4090 57 FPS 1% low 49 RX 7900 XTX 44 FPS 1% low 38 +30% RTX 4090
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra RTX 4090 75 FPS 1% low 61 RX 7900 XTX 64 FPS 1% low 56 +17% RTX 4090
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra RTX 4090 111 FPS 1% low 99 RX 7900 XTX 90 FPS 1% low 74 +23% RTX 4090
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra RTX 4090 92 FPS 1% low 87 RX 7900 XTX 84 FPS 1% low 72 +9.5% RTX 4090
Pragmata Ultra RTX 4090 103 FPS 1% low 100 RX 7900 XTX 81 FPS 1% low 79 +27% RTX 4090
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra RTX 4090 130 FPS 1% low 106 RX 7900 XTX 98 FPS 1% low 86 +33% RTX 4090
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra RTX 4090 80 FPS 1% low 65 RX 7900 XTX 55 FPS 1% low 47 +45% RTX 4090

1440p upscaling unknown

  1. GeForce RTX 4090 100 index, fastest
  2. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 84.9 index, 15% behind fastest

Index uses 8 test runs; fastest card = 100.

Per-game results 8 test runs across 8 games
Average and 1% low FPS per game at 1440p on AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM
Game Avg FPS · 1% low RTX 4090 RX 7900 XTX Difference
Alan Wake 2 High RTX 4090 122 FPS 1% low 93 RX 7900 XTX 106 FPS 1% low 91 +15% RTX 4090
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra RTX 4090 73 FPS 1% low 60 RX 7900 XTX 58 FPS 1% low 52 +26% RTX 4090
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra RTX 4090 159 FPS 1% low 119 RX 7900 XTX 135 FPS 1% low 115 +18% RTX 4090
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra RTX 4090 153 FPS 1% low 129 RX 7900 XTX 126 FPS 1% low 95 +21% RTX 4090
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra RTX 4090 164 FPS 1% low 160 RX 7900 XTX 152 FPS 1% low 138 +7.9% RTX 4090
Pragmata Ultra RTX 4090 169 FPS 1% low 149 RX 7900 XTX 150 FPS 1% low 145 +13% RTX 4090
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra RTX 4090 196 FPS 1% low 163 RX 7900 XTX 167 FPS 1% low 153 +17% RTX 4090
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra RTX 4090 134 FPS 1% low 107 RX 7900 XTX 107 FPS 1% low 84 +25% RTX 4090

1080p upscaling unknown

  1. GeForce RTX 4090 100 index, fastest
  2. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 88.6 index, 11% behind fastest

Index uses 8 test runs; fastest card = 100.

Per-game results 8 test runs across 8 games
Average and 1% low FPS per game at 1080p on AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM
Game Avg FPS · 1% low RTX 4090 RX 7900 XTX Difference
Alan Wake 2 High RTX 4090 166 FPS 1% low 139 RX 7900 XTX 164 FPS 1% low 125 +1.2% RTX 4090
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra RTX 4090 107 FPS 1% low 86 RX 7900 XTX 91 FPS 1% low 77 +18% RTX 4090
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra RTX 4090 247 FPS 1% low 163 RX 7900 XTX 202 FPS 1% low 160 +22% RTX 4090
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra RTX 4090 187 FPS 1% low 142 RX 7900 XTX 160 FPS 1% low 117 +17% RTX 4090
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra RTX 4090 238 FPS 1% low 230 RX 7900 XTX 216 FPS 1% low 198 +10% RTX 4090
Pragmata Ultra RTX 4090 228 FPS 1% low 218 RX 7900 XTX 217 FPS 1% low 209 +5.1% RTX 4090
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra RTX 4090 234 FPS 1% low 191 RX 7900 XTX 203 FPS 1% low 181 +15% RTX 4090
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra RTX 4090 181 FPS 1% low 143 RX 7900 XTX 156 FPS 1% low 128 +16% RTX 4090