GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking89not rated
Place by popularity56not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.01no data
Power efficiency13.07no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 10AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25609728
Core clock speed1605 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1905 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate304.8442.3
Floating-point processing power9.754 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs160304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length272 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 4090 Max-Q has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 181.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5700 XT and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 XT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
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