AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

amd

Brand

24GB GDDR6

Memory

6144

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

$799.99 Nov 2022 View Details

$890.60

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 XTX

24GB GDDR6 355W $799.99 Nov 2022

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

$999 • 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 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	24 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	355 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2498 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	960 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	6144	16384
RT Cores	96	128
TMUs	384	512
ROPs	192	176
Memory Bus	384-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	479.6 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	960 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	61.39 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	750 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

29863

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

42193 (+41%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

224686

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

316301 (+41%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

405.4 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

615.9 FPS (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

31100

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

38309 (+23%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (573 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+69%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+91%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+3%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+11%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+32%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+29%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+30%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+19%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+28%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+32%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+33%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XTX (+2%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+18%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XTX (+20%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XTX (+16%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XTX (+0%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 80 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 (+44%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+45%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+53%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 576 benchmarks across 160 games

101

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

+25.4%

127

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090