Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 vs AMD Radeon 780M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, vs AMD Radeon 780M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and AMD Radeon 780M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
277
199
191
154
51
26
22
12
The Witcher 3
288
265
187
100
29
25
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
329
244
185
91
46
27
19
n/a
Far Cry 6
203
182
167
104
39
31
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
201
164
132
76
20
15
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
274
258
221
149
35
29
20
12
Ghost of Tsushima
183
154
137
91
20
16
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
227
208
143
68
20
19
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
304
277
215
119
35
31
18
9
Avg FPS
1080p High25433
1080p Ultra21724
1440p Ultra17516
4K Ultra106-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Time Spy363222781
Solar Bay18693011162
Port Royal261151580
Fire Strike722537824
Night Raid19530033611
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Background Blur318.9 frames/s86.4 frames/s
Face Detection222.8 frames/s35.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection14.2 Gpix/sec1.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection21 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur23.9 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.38 Gpix/sec0.41 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1950 Gpix/sec132.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics48090.4 fps4470.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
G2D Mark1297878
DirectX 11329 fps67 fps
DirectX 12150 fps31 fps
GPU Compute27111 Ops/s3719 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1617.6 fps183.4 fps
Car Chase1228.6 fps202.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1234.6 fps161.6 fps
T-Rex6286 fps699.9 fps
ALU 215073.4 fps849.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2303.7 fps268.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation12119.11373.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced September, 20, 2022 January, 4, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 3.0
Codename AD102 Phoenix
Price 1599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2235 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2700-2800 MHz
Shader Units 16384 768
TMUs 512 48
ROPs 176 32
Execution Units 128 12
Ray Tracing Cores 128 12
Tensor Cores 512 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 72 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 444 Gpix/sec 86-90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1290 GTex/s 130-134 GTex/s
FLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 450 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 609 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 76.3 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 125.29 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X System Shared
Memory Frequency 2625 MHz n/a
Bus 384 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 24 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
1010 GB/s
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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