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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).
  • 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 87.3 FPS 75.6 FPS 1% low 8 games 69.7 FPS 60.9 FPS 1% low 8 games
1440pgaming performance 141 FPS 117 FPS 1% low 8 games 120 FPS 104 FPS 1% low 8 games
1080pgaming performance 192 FPS 158 FPS 1% low 8 games 171 FPS 143 FPS 1% low 8 games
Market price $3,370 US · New retail 3 observations, updated 3 days ago $1,030 US · New retail 1 observation, updated 2 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.

Frame rates compare runs of the same game at the same quality preset on one test system. DLAA counts as native resolution, because it applies anti-aliasing at full render resolution rather than upscaling; DLSS and FSR upscaling are never counted as native. Where a capture named ray tracing without a readable on or off value, it is read as on.

Measured game results

Gaming benchmarks

Reviewed FPS from games these cards were measured on under one shared test system and resolution. Every game is compared against itself, so each result is a like-for-like pair. These results are separate from theoretical compute specifications.

4K

GeForce RTX 4090 is 25% faster than AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 8 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

  • GeForce RTX 4090
  • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Game scale: 0 to 150 FPS, shared by every game and GPU at this resolution

  1. Alan Wake 2

    High, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 72 FPS1% low 60 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 60 FPS1% low 52 FPS

  2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 57 FPS1% low 49 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 44 FPS1% low 38 FPS

  3. Cyberpunk 2077

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 75 FPS1% low 61 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 64 FPS1% low 56 FPS

  4. Forza Horizon 6

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 111 FPS1% low 99 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 90 FPS1% low 74 FPS

  5. Hogwarts Legacy

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 92 FPS1% low 87 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 84 FPS1% low 72 FPS

  6. Pragmata

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 103 FPS1% low 100 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 81 FPS1% low 79 FPS

  7. Red Dead Redemption II

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 130 FPS1% low 106 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 98 FPS1% low 86 FPS

  8. Resident Evil Requiem

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 80 FPS1% low 65 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 55 FPS1% low 47 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

PC Tech Vault reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Alan Wake 2
High, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Hogwarts Legacy
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Pragmata
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES , source page
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RX 7900 XTX+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 10 GAMES , source page

Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES
7a3e1205e83bd722195c37e4c3bfea3df0cda09337f15d6ce06b70d40d4fae4b
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RX 7900 XTX+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 10 GAMES
2e2e9f310d04e25c137f968b4feab6eefe50b11ba01f2982c2cd168b40530c37

1440p

GeForce RTX 4090 is 18% faster than AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 8 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

  • GeForce RTX 4090
  • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Game scale: 0 to 200 FPS, shared by every game and GPU at this resolution

  1. Alan Wake 2

    High, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 122 FPS1% low 93 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 106 FPS1% low 91 FPS

  2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 73 FPS1% low 60 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 58 FPS1% low 52 FPS

  3. Cyberpunk 2077

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 159 FPS1% low 119 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 135 FPS1% low 115 FPS

  4. Forza Horizon 6

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 153 FPS1% low 129 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 126 FPS1% low 95 FPS

  5. Hogwarts Legacy

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 164 FPS1% low 160 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 152 FPS1% low 138 FPS

  6. Pragmata

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 169 FPS1% low 149 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 150 FPS1% low 145 FPS

  7. Red Dead Redemption II

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 196 FPS1% low 163 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 167 FPS1% low 153 FPS

  8. Resident Evil Requiem

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 134 FPS1% low 107 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 107 FPS1% low 84 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

PC Tech Vault reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Alan Wake 2
High, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Hogwarts Legacy
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Pragmata
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES , source page
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RX 7900 XTX+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 10 GAMES , source page

Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES
7a3e1205e83bd722195c37e4c3bfea3df0cda09337f15d6ce06b70d40d4fae4b
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RX 7900 XTX+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 10 GAMES
2e2e9f310d04e25c137f968b4feab6eefe50b11ba01f2982c2cd168b40530c37

1080p

GeForce RTX 4090 is 13% faster than AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 8 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

  • GeForce RTX 4090
  • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Game scale: 0 to 250 FPS, shared by every game and GPU at this resolution

  1. Alan Wake 2

    High, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 166 FPS1% low 139 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 164 FPS1% low 125 FPS

  2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 107 FPS1% low 86 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 91 FPS1% low 77 FPS

  3. Cyberpunk 2077

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 247 FPS1% low 163 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 202 FPS1% low 160 FPS

  4. Forza Horizon 6

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 187 FPS1% low 142 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 160 FPS1% low 117 FPS

  5. Hogwarts Legacy

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 238 FPS1% low 230 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 216 FPS1% low 198 FPS

  6. Pragmata

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 228 FPS1% low 218 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 217 FPS1% low 209 FPS

  7. Red Dead Redemption II

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 234 FPS1% low 191 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 203 FPS1% low 181 FPS

  8. Resident Evil Requiem

    Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On

    • GeForce RTX 4090 181 FPS1% low 143 FPS
    • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 156 FPS1% low 128 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

PC Tech Vault reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Alan Wake 2
High, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Hogwarts Legacy
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Pragmata
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES , source page
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RX 7900 XTX+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 10 GAMES , source page

Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES
7a3e1205e83bd722195c37e4c3bfea3df0cda09337f15d6ce06b70d40d4fae4b
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RX 7900 XTX+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 10 GAMES
2e2e9f310d04e25c137f968b4feab6eefe50b11ba01f2982c2cd168b40530c37