AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$379.99 Oct 2020 View Details

$379.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $379.99 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	16 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	300 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	4608	16384
RT Cores	72	128
TMUs	288	512
ROPs	128	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	288 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.74 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	700 W	850 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

17608

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

42193 (+140%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

138858

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

316301 (+128%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

264.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

615.9 FPS (+133%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

24994

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

38309 (+53%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (600 benchmarks)

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+52%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+85%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+110%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+32%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+106%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+114%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+144%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Forza Horizon 6

9.5 2026 • Racing, Simulation, Sports • Playground Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+104%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+111%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+132%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+188%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+204%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+243%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+176%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+185%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| high

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+218%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Background

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+64%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+89%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+100%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+126%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+153%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+171%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+85%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 175 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+98%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 151 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+133%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+121%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+139%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+175%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+64%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 156 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+87%)

AVG 157 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+131%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 603 benchmarks across 169 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

+87.5%

132

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090