AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

amd

Brand

20GB GDDR6

Memory

5376

Cores

800 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$580.61 Nov 2022 View Details

$580.61

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 7900 XT

20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$899 • Nov 2022

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	20 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	300 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2394 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	800 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	5376	16384
RT Cores	84	128
TMUs	336	512
ROPs	192	176
Memory Bus	320-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	459.6 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	800 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	51.48 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	6.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	529 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	57700 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

24671

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

42193 (+71%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

203754

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

316301 (+55%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

323.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

615.9 FPS (+91%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

28872

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

38309 (+33%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (548 benchmarks)

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+41%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+55%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+41%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+55%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+74%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+69%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+83%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+38%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+45%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+42%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+51%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+67%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+55%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+55%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+113%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+104%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+142%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 548 benchmarks across 157 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT

+44.5%

124

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090