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
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| 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 |
| 1080p High | 179 | 182 |
| 1080p Ultra | 150 | 153 |
| 1440p Ultra | 114 | 119 |
| 4K Ultra | 66 | 69 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 20098 | 19900 |
| Solar Bay | 78368 | 97504 |
| Port Royal | 10855 | 13633 |
| Fire Strike | 49984 | 47520 |
| Night Raid | 158067 | 139527 |
| Background Blur | 300.7 frames/s | 320.8 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 200.5 frames/s | 207.2 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 5.77 Gpix/sec | 10.1 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 8.05 Gpix/sec | 14.4 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.44 Gpix/sec | 11.5 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.25 Gpix/sec | 1.48 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 566.4 Gpix/sec | 984.2 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 20533.6 fps | 27764.9 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 1167 | 1060 |
| DirectX 11 | 249 fps | 220 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 93 fps | 110 fps |
| GPU Compute | 13685 Ops/s | 15547 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 1300.3 fps | 978.4 fps |
| Car Chase | 1191.7 fps | 854.1 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 955.3 fps | 747.4 fps |
| T-Rex | 3854.1 fps | 3732.1 fps |
| ALU 2 | 6542.4 fps | 6650.9 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 284.8 fps | 296 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 5363.2 | 6622.8 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral 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
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.
Survey
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Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
COD Modern Warfare 3
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Shadow of the Tomb Raider