GeForce RTX 4090 D vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 7900 XT and GeForce RTX 4090 D, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 7900 XT
2022
20 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
75.20

RTX 4090 D outperforms RX 7900 XT by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking142
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation37.7817.27
Power efficiency17.1814.79
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 31AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 November 2022 (2 years ago)28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 $1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XT has 119% better value for money than RTX 4090 D.

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 cores537614592
Core clock speed1387 MHz2280 MHz
Boost clock speed2394 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors57,700 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt425 Watt
Texture fill rate804.41,149
Floating-point processing power51.48 TFLOPS73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs192176
TMUs336456
Tensor Coresno data456
Ray Tracing Cores84114

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
Length276 mm304 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount20 GB24 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth800.0 GB/s1,008 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.23.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 7900 XT 75.20
RTX 4090 D 91.70
+21.9%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 7900 XT 28977
RTX 4090 D 35333
+21.9%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD205
−17.1%
240−250
+17.1%
1440p133
−20.3%
160−170
+20.3%
4K86
−16.3%
100−110
+16.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.396.66
1440p6.769.99
4K10.4515.99

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 237
−18.1%
280−290
+18.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
−17.6%
180−190
+17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
−18.5%
160−170
+18.5%
Battlefield 5 240−250
−20.8%
290−300
+20.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−16.7%
140−150
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 212
−17.9%
250−260
+17.9%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−18.6%
140−150
+18.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
−18.9%
220−230
+18.9%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−18.9%
290−300
+18.9%
Hitman 3 120−130
−16.3%
150−160
+16.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
−11.9%
300−310
+11.9%
Metro Exodus 150−160
−16.1%
180−190
+16.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−13.8%
140−150
+13.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−350
−9.4%
350−400
+9.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
−17.6%
180−190
+17.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
−17.6%
180−190
+17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
−18.5%
160−170
+18.5%
Battlefield 5 240−250
−20.8%
290−300
+20.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−16.7%
140−150
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 190
−21.1%
230−240
+21.1%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−18.6%
140−150
+18.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
−18.9%
220−230
+18.9%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−18.9%
290−300
+18.9%
Hitman 3 120−130
−16.3%
150−160
+16.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
−11.9%
300−310
+11.9%
Metro Exodus 150−160
−16.1%
180−190
+16.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−13.8%
140−150
+13.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 492
−11.8%
550−600
+11.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 160−170
−17.3%
190−200
+17.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
−17.6%
180−190
+17.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
−17.6%
180−190
+17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
−18.5%
160−170
+18.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−16.7%
140−150
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 179
−17.3%
210−220
+17.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−18.6%
140−150
+18.6%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−18.9%
290−300
+18.9%
Hitman 3 120−130
−16.3%
150−160
+16.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 350
−14.3%
400−450
+14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 424
−17.9%
500−550
+17.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 265
−13.2%
300−310
+13.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
−17.6%
180−190
+17.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−13.8%
140−150
+13.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
−20.5%
200−210
+20.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
−16.1%
130−140
+16.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
−12.4%
100−105
+12.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95−100
−13.4%
110−120
+13.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−15.9%
95−100
+15.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 122
−14.8%
140−150
+14.8%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−19%
100−105
+19%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
−10.7%
300−310
+10.7%
Hitman 3 100−110
−19.3%
130−140
+19.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 277
−8.3%
300−310
+8.3%
Metro Exodus 141
−20.6%
170−180
+20.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 325
−7.7%
350−400
+7.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 130−140
−15.9%
160−170
+15.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
−20.8%
290−300
+20.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−16.7%
140−150
+16.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
−13.6%
100−105
+13.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−15.9%
80−85
+15.9%
Hitman 3 65−70
−19.4%
80−85
+19.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
−19.5%
270−280
+19.5%
Metro Exodus 120−130
−14.8%
140−150
+14.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 159
−19.5%
190−200
+19.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−19%
75−80
+19%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
−14.8%
70−75
+14.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−15.4%
60−65
+15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 60
−16.7%
70−75
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−20%
60−65
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
−17.6%
160−170
+17.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 173
−21.4%
210−220
+21.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−20%
60−65
+20%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
−19%
100−105
+19%

This is how RX 7900 XT and RTX 4090 D compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 D is 17% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 D is 20% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 D is 16% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 75.20 91.70
Recency 3 November 2022 28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 24 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 425 Watt

RX 7900 XT has 41.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 21.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 7900 XT in performance tests.


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