AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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
253
180
159
120
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
270
255
184
93
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
324
232
169
87
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
209
187
168
106
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
171
143
110
63
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
256
254
188
132
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
170
142
124
79
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
206
180
126
59
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
293
275
207
113
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High239182
1080p Ultra205153
1440p Ultra159119
4K Ultra9569
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy3061019900
Solar Bay12191597504
Port Royal1660713633
Fire Strike7301447520
Night Raid182333139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur423.9 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection270.8 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection9.23 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection13.7 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.1 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.74 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching871 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29891.2 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark12521060
DirectX 11357 fps220 fps
DirectX 12128 fps110 fps
GPU Compute18188 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1822 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase1721.5 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1382 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex5784.5 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 210100.5 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2326.5 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation8087.16622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 3, 2022 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 31 GA102
Price 999 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1929 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2498 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 6144 10496
TMUs 384 328
ROPs 192 112
Execution Units n/a 82
Ray Tracing Cores 96 82
Tensor Cores n/a 328
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 480 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 959 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 355 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 529 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 57 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 107.75 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2500 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 384 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 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 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX the clear winner in this comparison.

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