Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Radeon RX 7900 XT
Memory: 24576Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Nov 2022
Radeon RX 7900 XT
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Memory: 24576Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 27 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    117%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7900 XT

17% higher gaming performance.
150 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Radeon RX 7900 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7900 XT

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 3090 Ti
GPU NameNavi 31 (Navi 31 XT)vsGA102 (GA102-350-A1)
Fab Process5 nmvs8 nm
Die Size350 mm²vs628 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs28,300 million
Shaders12288vs10752
Tensor Coresnonevs336
Raytracing Cores192vs84
Compute Units192vs84
Core clock2500 MHzvs1560 MHz
ROPs256vs112
TMUs768vs336

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6X
Bus Width384 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1313 MHz
21 Gbps effective
Memory Size24576 Mbvs24576 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 3090 Ti
TDP300 wattsvs450 watts
Release Date3 Nov 2022vs27 Jan 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    691.20 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    208.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    2074.00 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    625.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    864.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    1008.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    66360.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    40000.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    197
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    133

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    182
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    175

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    157
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    125

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    409
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    333

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    273
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    276

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    320
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    299

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    151
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    112

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    144

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    141
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    113

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    306
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    236

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    199
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    208

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    235
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    228

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    98
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    108
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    108
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    88

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    142

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    113
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    114

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    126
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    133

FPS (higher is better)