AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 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
201
136
113
85
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High179182
1080p Ultra150153
1440p Ultra114119
4K Ultra6669
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy2009819900
Solar Bay7836897504
Port Royal1085513633
Fire Strike4998447520
Night Raid158067139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur300.7 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark11671060
DirectX 11249 fps220 fps
DirectX 1293 fps110 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.26622.8

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 499 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 3840 10496
TMUs 240 328
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units n/a 82
Ray Tracing Cores 60 82
Tensor Cores n/a 328
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 263 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 2438 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 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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