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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB GDDR6 · 2.40 GHz · 300 W Speed index 43/100

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (RDNA 3) and has 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition 24 GB GDDR6X · 1.86 GHz · 450 W Speed index 33/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 29 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Speed index
43/100
33/100
FP32
51.61 TFLOPS
40.00 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.40 GHz
1.86 GHz
Memory Size
20 GB GDDR6
24 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
800 GB/s
1,008 GB/s
TDP
300 W
450 W
Launch Price
899 $
1,999 $
878 pts
755 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
GPU ChipNavi 31GA102-350-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors8484
Shader537610752
Render Output Units192112
Texture Units336336
Raytracing Cores8484
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has the Navi 31 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 3 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition is based on the graphics chip GA102-350-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Memory Size20 GB24 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Clock2.500 GHz1.313 GHz
Memory Speed20.0 Gbps21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth800 GB/s1,008 GB/s
Memory Interface320 bit384 bit
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The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT clocks at 2.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 20.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition is 21.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.313 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Base Clock1.500 GHz1.670 GHz
Boost Clock2.400 GHz1.860 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.00 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
TDP300 W450 W
Tjunction max97 °C92 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 16-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 450 W.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm2 x 110 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)37 dB42 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 2.13x DP 1.4a
USB-C1--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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With the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
Length276 mm313 mm
Height113 mm138 mm
Width51 mm--
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2022Q1/2022
Launch Price899 $1,999 $
Structure size5 nm8 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q4/2022.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT +12.5 %

  1. 12,453
  2. 11,067

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition +2.1 %

  1. 13,969
  2. 14,258

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition +30.2 %

  1. 4,529
  2. 5,899

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition +40.0 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 70 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT +21.8 %

  1. 106 fps (avg)
  2. 87 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT +26.4 %

  1. 158 fps (avg)
  2. 125 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition +13.6 %

  1. 44 fps (avg)
  2. 50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition +13.6 %

  1. 88 fps (avg)
  2. 100 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition +8.7 %

  1. 138 fps (avg)
  2. 150 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 125 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 200 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition +22.7 %

  1. 170,054
  2. 208,643

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT +10.0 %

  1. 196,447
  2. 178,649

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