AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
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
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
270
255
184
93
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
324
232
169
87
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
209
187
168
106
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
171
143
110
63
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
256
254
188
132
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
170
142
124
79
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
206
180
126
59
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
293
275
207
113
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p High239192
1080p Ultra205163
1440p Ultra159128
4K Ultra9575
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spy3061021841
Solar Bay121915109151
Port Royal1660714882
Fire Strike7301451985
Night Raid182333155722
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur423.9 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection270.8 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection9.23 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection13.7 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.1 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.74 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching871 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29891.2 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark12521227
DirectX 11357 fps241 fps
DirectX 12128 fps122 fps
GPU Compute18188 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1822 fps1005.1 fps
Car Chase1721.5 fps897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1382 fps781.7 fps
T-Rex5784.5 fps4109.9 fps
ALU 210100.5 fps7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2326.5 fps274.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation8087.17000.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 3, 2022 March, 29, 2022
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 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1929 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2498 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 6144 10752
TMUs 384 336
ROPs 192 112
Execution Units n/a 84
Ray Tracing Cores 96 84
Tensor Cores n/a 336
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 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 959 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 355 W 450 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 1313 MHz
Bus 384 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 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

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