AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3840

Cores

624.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$459.99 Aug 2023 View Details

$459.99

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 7800 XT

16GB GDDR6 263W $459.99 Aug 2023

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$499 • Aug 2023

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	16 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	263 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2430 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	3840	16384
RT Cores	60	128
TMUs	240	512
ROPs	96	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2438 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	233.3 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	624.1 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	37.32 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	346 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	28100 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	600 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

18126

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

42193 (+133%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

148335

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

316301 (+113%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

230.1 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

615.9 FPS (+168%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

24222

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

38309 (+58%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (294 benchmarks)

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+57%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+53%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+83%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

CODE VEIN II DEMO

7.8 2026 • Action, RPG • Bandai Namco Studios Inc.

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 4090 (+84%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 4090 (+126%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure • Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+106%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+123%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+141%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+88%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+115%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)

AVG 180 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+84%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+100%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+114%)

AVG 248 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+112%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 294 benchmarks across 85 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

+85.5%

116

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090