AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 7700 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1395 MHz
  • Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 245 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1083 vs 1051
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed 2544 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1083 vs 1051

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

  • Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 549.5 GTexel/s
  • 3x more pipelines: 10496 vs 3456
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26816 vs 21823
  • Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 188320 vs 125110
  • Around 17% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19877 vs 17053
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 556.0 GTexel/s vs 549.5 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10496 vs 3456
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26816 vs 21823
Geekbench - OpenCL 188320 vs 125110
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19877 vs 17053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1083
1051
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
21823
26816
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
125110
188320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17053
19877
Name AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark 1083 1051
PassMark - G3D Mark 21823 26816
Geekbench - OpenCL 125110 188320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17053 19877
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 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 7700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 32 GA102
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 35 40
Launch price (MSRP) $1499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2544 MHz 1695 MHz
Compute units 54
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 3456 10496
Pixel fill rate 244.2 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s 556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 28100 million 28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 35.58 TFLOPS

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 50 mm, 2 inches 138 mm (5.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 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 2.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 432.0 GB/s 936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X