AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
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
130
72
58
38
277
199
191
154
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
288
265
187
100
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
329
244
185
91
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
203
182
167
104
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
201
164
132
76
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
274
258
221
149
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
183
154
137
91
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
227
208
143
68
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
304
277
215
119
Avg FPS
1080p High106254
1080p Ultra83217
1440p Ultra59175
4K Ultra31106
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Time Spy942536322
Solar Bayn/a186930
Port Royaln/a26115
Fire Strike2753572253
Night Raid103141195300
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Background Blur148 frames/s318.9 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s222.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec14.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec21 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec23.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec2.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec1950 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps48090.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
G2D Mark9211297
DirectX 11117 fps329 fps
DirectX 1265 fps150 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s27111 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps1617.6 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps1228.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps1234.6 fps
T-Rex2407 fps6286 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps15073.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps303.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.412119.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 10 AD102
Price 399 1599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 2235 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 2520 MHz
Shader Units 2560 16384
TMUs 160 512
ROPs 64 176
Execution Units n/a 128
Ray Tracing Cores No 128
Tensor Cores No 512
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 72 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 444 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 1290 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 225 W 450 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 76.3 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 125.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2625 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
1010 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

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