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 (321 benchmarks)

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 7800 XT

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+114%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+144%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Forza Horizon 6

9.5 2026 • Racing, Simulation, Sports • Playground Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+91%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+95%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+117%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+109%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+124%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+140%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+102%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+111%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| high

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+133%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 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 (+49%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+84%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+98%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+117%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+142%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+58%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 175 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+74%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 151 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+102%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+100%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+127%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+150%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

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

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 156 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+87%)

AVG 157 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+116%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

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

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 321 benchmarks across 90 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7800 XT

+86.2%

115

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090