Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce RTX 4090

Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Memory: 24576Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Nov 2022
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GeForce RTX 4090
Memory: 24576Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 20 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    112%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7900 XTX

95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 4090 .

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4090

12% higher gaming performance.

GeForce RTX 4090

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 4090

The GeForce RTX 4090 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 4090
GPU NameNavi 31 (Navi 31 XTX (215-145000066))vsAD102 (AD102-300-A1)
Fab Process5 nmvs4 nm
Die Size308 mm²vs608 mm²
Transistors58,000 millionvs76,300 million
Shaders6144vs16384
Tensor Coresnonevs512
Raytracing Cores96vs128
Compute Units96vs128
Core clock1900 MHzvs2235 MHz
ROPs192vs176
TMUs384vs512

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 4090
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6X
Bus Width384 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed2500 MHz
20 Gbps effective
vs1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective
Memory Size24576 Mbvs24576 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce RTX 4090
TDP355 wattsvs450 watts
Release Date3 Nov 2022vs20 Sep 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    481.00 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    443.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    961.90 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    1290.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    960.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    1018.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    61560.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    82580.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    213
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    224

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    205
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    190

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    169
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    178

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    477
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    421

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    290
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    319

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    358
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    436

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    168
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    180

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    194
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    186

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    154
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    168

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    334
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    356

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    227
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    263

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    270
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    370

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    108
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    123

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    124
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    130

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    120
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    147

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    202
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    231

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    129
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    176

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    147
  • GeForce RTX 4090
    215

FPS (higher is better)