AMD Radeon RX 7900M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900M 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7900M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 2090 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 601.9 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
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Launch date	19 Oct 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

2.3x more pipelines: 10496 vs 4608
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1051 vs 884
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26816 vs 22112
Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 188320 vs 104371

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	10496 vs 4608
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1051 vs 884
PassMark - G3D Mark	26816 vs 22112
Geekbench - OpenCL	188320 vs 104371

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

884

1051

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22112

26816

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

104371

188320

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark	884	1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	22112	26816
Geekbench - OpenCL	104371	188320
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		19877

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA102
Launch date	19 Oct 2023	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	44	40
Launch price (MSRP)		$1499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz	1695 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4608	10496
Pixel fill rate	267.5 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s	556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	57700 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	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		138 mm (5.4 inches)
Length		313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		750 Watt
Width		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	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X