nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
VS
amd
Brand24GB GDDR6
Memory6144
Cores960 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
$999 • Nov 2022
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24GB GDDR6 355W $999 Nov 2022
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 450 W | 355 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 2498 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1010 GB/s | 960 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 16384 | 6144 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 96 |
| TMUs | 512 | 384 |
| ROPs | 176 | 192 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 479.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1.01 GTexel/s | 960 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 82.58 GFLOPS | 61.39 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 72.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 76300 Million | 57700 Million |
| Required PSU | 850 W | 750 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 2x 8-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
42193 (+41%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
29863
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
316301 (+41%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
224686
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
615.9 FPS (+52%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
405.4 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
38309 (+23%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
31100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Game Benchmarks Comparison (72 benchmarks)
Mafia: The Old Country
6.8 2025 • Action, Adventure Hangar 13
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+18%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Callisto Protocol™
7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure Striking Distance Studios
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XTX (+4%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 (+19%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 (+38%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
Cities: Skylines II
7.8 2023 • Simulation Colossal Order Ltd.
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+9%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+39%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+11%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage
8 2023 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)
AVG 192 FPS
MIN 157 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 181 FPS
MIN 159 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+8%)
AVG 167 FPS
MIN 149 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 155 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+23%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
Winner
Loser
FINAL FANTASY XVI
7.7 2024 • Action, RPG Square Enix
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+28%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Winner
Loser
Starfield
7.6 2023 • RPG Bethesda Game Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+12%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 72 benchmarks across 18 games
130
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+19.1%
109
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
67
Wins
130
Avg FPS
112
Min FPS
93%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD • 24GB GDDR6
4
Wins
109
Avg FPS
91
Min FPS
6%
Win Rate
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