AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1395 MHz
  • Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2499 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 959.6 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1255 vs 1060
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 31122 vs 26668
  • Around 34% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6841 vs 5118
  • Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 14101.507 vs 7585.258
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 65.586 vs 62.614
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 461.69 vs 209.424
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2659.85 vs 2441.384
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Nov 2022 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1855 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed 2499 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate 959.6 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1255 vs 1060
PassMark - G3D Mark 31122 vs 26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6841 vs 5118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 14101.507 vs 7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 65.586 vs 62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 461.69 vs 209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2659.85 vs 2441.384

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

  • Around 71% higher pipelines: 10496 vs 6144
  • Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 355 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 191142 vs 189258
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 690.619 vs 492.964
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 10496 vs 6144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt vs 355 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 191142 vs 189258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 690.619 vs 492.964

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1255
1060
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
31122
26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6841
5118
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
189258
191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
492.964
690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14101.507
7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
65.586
62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
461.69
209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2659.85
2441.384
Name AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark 1255 1060
PassMark - G3D Mark 31122 26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6841 5118
Geekbench - OpenCL 189258 191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 492.964 690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 14101.507 7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 65.586 62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 461.69 209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2659.85 2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 31 GA102
Launch date 3 Nov 2022 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 9 46
Launch price (MSRP) $1499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2499 MHz 1695 MHz
Compute units 96
Core clock speed 1855 MHz 1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 3.838 TFLOPS (1:16) 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 122.8 TFLOPS (2:1) 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 61.42 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 10496
Pixel fill rate 479.8 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 959.6 GTexel/s 556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 355 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 57700 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 51 mm, 2 inches 138 mm (5.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 287 mm, 11.3 inches 313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 Watt 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 135 mm, 5.3 inches Triple-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 960.0 GB/s 936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X