L4 vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 7900 XTX with L4, including specs and performance data.

RX 7900 XTX
2022
24 GB GDDR6, 355 Watt
80.62
+170%

RX 7900 XTX outperforms L4 by a whopping 170% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8190
Place by popularity69not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation34.70no data
Power efficiency15.5628.46
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 31AD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date3 November 2022 (2 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores61447424
Core clock speed1929 MHz795 MHz
Boost clock speed2498 MHz2040 MHz
Number of transistors57,700 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)355 Watt72 Watt
Texture fill rate959.2489.6
Floating-point processing power61.39 TFLOPS30.29 TFLOPS
ROPs19280
TMUs384240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Cores9660

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
Length287 mm169 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 amount24 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth960.0 GB/s300.1 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-CNo outputs
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 Model6.76.8
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 XTX 80.62
+170%
L4 29.90

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 XTX 31059
+170%
L4 11518

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RX 7900 XTX 211498
+50.4%
L4 140668

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RX 7900 XTX 193018
+65.2%
L4 116827

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 HD252
+180%
90−95
−180%
1440p171
+185%
60−65
−185%
4K105
+200%
35−40
−200%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.96no data
1440p5.84no data
4K9.51no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 242
+185%
85−90
−185%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 166
+177%
60−65
−177%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 283
+183%
100−105
−183%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+171%
90−95
−171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+200%
40−45
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 231
+172%
85−90
−172%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+195%
40−45
−195%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+187%
70−75
−187%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+179%
90−95
−179%
Hitman 3 120−130
+187%
45−50
−187%
Horizon Zero Dawn 280−290
+185%
100−105
−185%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+182%
55−60
−182%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+176%
45−50
−176%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 350−400
+192%
120−130
−192%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+180%
55−60
−180%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 330
+175%
120−130
−175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 241
+184%
85−90
−184%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+171%
90−95
−171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+200%
40−45
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 208
+177%
75−80
−177%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+195%
40−45
−195%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+187%
70−75
−187%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+179%
90−95
−179%
Hitman 3 120−130
+187%
45−50
−187%
Horizon Zero Dawn 280−290
+185%
100−105
−185%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+182%
55−60
−182%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+176%
45−50
−176%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 535
+182%
190−200
−182%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+172%
65−70
−172%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+180%
55−60
−180%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 134
+198%
45−50
−198%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 210
+180%
75−80
−180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+200%
40−45
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 199
+184%
70−75
−184%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+195%
40−45
−195%
Forza Horizon 4 295
+195%
100−105
−195%
Hitman 3 120−130
+187%
45−50
−187%
Horizon Zero Dawn 406
+171%
150−160
−171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 471
+177%
170−180
−177%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 298
+171%
110−120
−171%
Watch Dogs: Legion 158
+187%
55−60
−187%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+176%
45−50
−176%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+177%
60−65
−177%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+180%
40−45
−180%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 132
+193%
45−50
−193%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 171
+185%
60−65
−185%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+173%
30−33
−173%
Cyberpunk 2077 141
+182%
50−55
−182%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+180%
30−33
−180%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+171%
100−105
−171%
Hitman 3 110−120
+195%
40−45
−195%
Horizon Zero Dawn 328
+173%
120−130
−173%
Metro Exodus 146
+192%
50−55
−192%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 360
+177%
130−140
−177%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 238
+180%
85−90
−180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
+182%
85−90
−182%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+176%
45−50
−176%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+193%
30−33
−193%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+188%
24−27
−188%
Hitman 3 70−75
+170%
27−30
−170%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+183%
80−85
−183%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+172%
50−55
−172%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 182
+180%
65−70
−180%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110
+175%
40−45
−175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
+206%
35−40
−206%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+189%
18−20
−189%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+196%
24−27
−196%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+178%
18−20
−178%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+184%
80−85
−184%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 197
+181%
70−75
−181%
Watch Dogs: Legion 103
+194%
35−40
−194%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+171%
35−40
−171%

This is how RX 7900 XTX and L4 compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XTX is 180% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 185% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 200% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 80.62 29.90
Recency 3 November 2022 21 March 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 355 Watt 72 Watt

RX 7900 XTX has a 169.6% higher aggregate performance score.

L4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 393.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is our recommended choice as it beats the L4 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop card while L4 is a workstation one.


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