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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G 24 GB GDDR6 · 2.50 GHz · 355 W Speed index 51/100
In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 34 % faster than the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Speed index
51/100
68/100
FP32
61.44 TFLOPS
82.58 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.50 GHz
2.52 GHz
Memory Size
24 GB GDDR6
24 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
1,008 GB/s
TDP
355 W
450 W
Launch Price
999 $
1,599 $
1,010 pts
1,520 pts

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU ChipNavi 31AD102-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors96128
Shader614416384
Render Output Units192176
Texture Units384512
Raytracing Cores96128
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and has 6144 texture shaders and 96 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, which has 16384 shaders and 128 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Memory Size24 GB24 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Clock2.500 GHz1.313 GHz
Memory Speed20.0 Gbps21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s1,008 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit384 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition can access 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Base Clock1.900 GHz2.235 GHz
Boost Clock2.500 GHz2.520 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.30 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 2.235 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
TDP355 W450 W
Tjunction max97 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin--
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G is 355 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has a TDP of 450 W and is supplied with the required energy via -- PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm2 x 110 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--39 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Length287 mm304 mm
Height123 mm137 mm
Width51 mm61 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G is 287 mm long, 123 mm high and 51 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 304 mm long, 137 mm high and 61 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2022Q4/2022
Launch Price999 $1,599 $
Structure size5 nm5 nm
Part-noGV-R79XTX-24GC-B--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24G was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 1,599 $.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +36.4 %

  1. 14,216
  2. 19,394

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 43,163

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 10,298

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +61.9 %

  1. 15,913
  2. 25,761

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +71.4 %

  1. 5,907
  2. 10,127

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 188,108

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 4090 Founders Edition +55.0 %

  1. 60 fps (avg)
  2. 93 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +51.6 %

  1. 122 fps (avg)
  2. 185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +10.8 %

  1. 176 fps (avg)
  2. 195 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 4090 Founders Edition +53.8 %

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. 80 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +49.5 %

  1. 95 fps (avg)
  2. 142 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +29.6 %

  1. 142 fps (avg)
  2. 184 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. 185 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 4090 Founders Edition +63.9 %

  1. 196,758
  2. 322,419

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition +21.8 %

  1. 211,455
  2. 257,476

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