AMD Radeon PRO W7900 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO W7900 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon PRO W7900

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
742.7x more texture fill rate: 958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 450 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	13 Apr 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 450 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

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 2495 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 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 1161
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 29008
Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 192657

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2495 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 6144
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 1161
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 29008
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 192657

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO W7900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1161

1297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29008

38287

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192657

317791

Name	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	1161	1297
PassMark - G3D Mark	29008	38287
Geekbench - OpenCL	192657	317791
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2968.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD102
Launch date	13 Apr 2023	20 Sep 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$3999
Place in performance rating	10	13
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2495 MHz	2520 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	6144	16384
Pixel fill rate	479.0 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	76300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Triple-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	280 mm, 11 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	137 mm, 5.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X