NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 2280 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2499 MHz
2.4x more pipelines: 14592 vs 6144
Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 272677 vs 188224
Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 34256 vs 31008

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Dec 2023 vs 3 Nov 2022
Core clock speed	2280 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2499 MHz
Pipelines	14592 vs 6144
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	272677 vs 188224
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	34256 vs 31008

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

835.2x more texture fill rate: 959.6 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 355 Watt vs 425 Watt
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1232 vs 795
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 31032 vs 28686

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	355 Watt vs 425 Watt
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1232 vs 795
PassMark - G3D Mark	31032 vs 28686

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

795

1232

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28686

31032

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

272677

188224

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

34256

31008

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
PassMark - G2D Mark	795	1232
PassMark - G3D Mark	28686	31032
Geekbench - OpenCL	272677	188224
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	34256	31008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		492.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		14101.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		65.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		461.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2659.85

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 3.0
Code name	AD102	Navi 31
Launch date	28 Dec 2023	3 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	6	8
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2499 MHz
Core clock speed	2280 MHz	1855 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	14592	6144
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s	479.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,149 GTexel/s	959.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	425 Watt	355 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	57700 million
Compute units		96
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		3.838 TFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		61.42 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	287 mm, 11.3 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	750 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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	1.01 TB/s	960.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6