AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
743.9x more texture fill rate: 959.6 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 355 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 492.964 vs 461.456
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 461.69 vs 200.733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Nov 2022 vs 20 Sep 2022
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	355 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	492.964 vs 461.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	461.69 vs 200.733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2499 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 16384 vs 6144
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1294 vs 1229
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38538 vs 31060
Around 19% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 36466 vs 30727
Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317519 vs 187698
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 93.23 vs 65.586
Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 4413.025 vs 2659.85

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2499 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 6144
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1294 vs 1229
PassMark - G3D Mark	38538 vs 31060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	36466 vs 30727
Geekbench - OpenCL	317519 vs 187698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	93.23 vs 65.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4413.025 vs 2659.85

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1229

1294

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

31060

38538

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

30727

36466

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

187698

317519

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

492.964

461.456

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.586

93.23

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

461.69

200.733

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2659.85

4413.025

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	1229	1294
PassMark - G3D Mark	31060	38538
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	30727	36466
Geekbench - OpenCL	187698	317519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	492.964	461.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	14101.507	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	65.586	93.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	461.69	200.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2659.85	4413.025

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD102
Launch date	3 Nov 2022	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	8	10
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2499 MHz	2520 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	3.838 TFLOPS (1:16)	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	61.42 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	16384
Pixel fill rate	479.8 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	355 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	287 mm, 11.3 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches	137 mm, 5.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X