AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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
181
118
100
73
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
179
153
116
58
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
274
195
134
76
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
150
129
109
64
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
147
139
99
66
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
108
90
73
42
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
115
101
68
29
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
191
175
128
64
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High162182
1080p Ultra132153
1440p Ultra100119
4K Ultra5769
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
14982
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy1711019900
Solar Bay6328097504
Port Royal905513633
Fire Strike4266647520
Night Raid144957139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
132843
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur285.8 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection181.6 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.9 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.66 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.68 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.18 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching493 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19410.5 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
22467
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark11501060
DirectX 11233 fps220 fps
DirectX 1277 fps110 fps
GPU Compute13108 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
174.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1178.6 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase1007.5 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)806.1 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex3466.6 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 25953.9 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2280.3 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation47176622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 32 GA102
Price 449 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1435 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2544 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 3456 10496
TMUs 216 328
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units n/a 82
Ray Tracing Cores 54 82
Tensor Cores n/a 328
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 244 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 550 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.2 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 245 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 192 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
432 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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