NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 2280 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2394 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 14592 vs 5376
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 20 GB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29203 vs 28871
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 273575 vs 169513
Around 53% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8586 vs 5621

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Dec 2023 vs 3 Nov 2022
Core clock speed	2280 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2394 MHz
Pipelines	14592 vs 5376
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 20 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	29203 vs 28871
Geekbench - OpenCL	273575 vs 169513
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8586 vs 5621

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

700.1x more texture fill rate: 804.4 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 425 Watt
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1211 vs 841

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	804.4 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 425 Watt
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1211 vs 841

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

841

1211

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29203

28871

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

273575

169513

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8586

5621

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	841	1211
PassMark - G3D Mark	29203	28871
Geekbench - OpenCL	273575	169513
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8586	5621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		343.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		12483.531
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		60.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2714.187

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 3.0
Code name	AD102	Navi 31
Launch date	28 Dec 2023	3 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	15	17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2394 MHz
Core clock speed	2280 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	14592	5376
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s	459.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,149 GTexel/s	804.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	425 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	57700 million
Compute units		84
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		3.218 TFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		103.0 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		51.48 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	51 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	276 mm, 10.9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	135 mm, 5.3 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	20 GB
Memory bandwidth	1.01 TB/s	800.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6