ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
vs
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and has 16384 texture shaders and 128 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, which has 5376 shaders and 84 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 GPU AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AD102-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 31
Ada Lovelace Architecture RDNA 3
128 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
16384 Shader 5376
176 Render Output Units 192
512 Texture Units 336
128 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT can access 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

24 GB Memory Size 20 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
1008 GB/s Memory bandwidth 800 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 clocks in the base with up to 2.235 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 1.500 GHz.

2.235 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.550 GHz Boost Clock 2.400 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.00 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 is 450 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

450 W TDP 300 W
450 W TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1a HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v2.1
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 is 358 mm long, 149 mm high and 70 mm wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 276 mm long, 113 mm high and 51 mm wide.

358 mm Length 276 mm
149 mm Height 113 mm
70 mm Width 51 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 2,029 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 899 $.

ROG-STRIX-RTX4090-24G-GAMING Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2022
2,029 $ Launch Price 899 $
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
197 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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
81 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
144 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
186 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
138 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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
202 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

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
326245
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
170054

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
260532
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
196447

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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