GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with GeForce RTX 4090, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.04

RTX 4090 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 1556% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5861
Place by popularitynot in top-1006
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.83
Power efficiency27.6115.23
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameVega RenoirAD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599

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 cores38416384
Core clock speed400 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistorsno data76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,290
Floating-point processing powerno data82.58 TFLOPS
ROPsno data176
TMUsno data512
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountno data24 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1313 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.01 TB/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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
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 Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.04
RTX 4090 100.00
+1556%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 4210
RTX 4090 104598
+2385%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 2793
RTX 4090 73447
+2530%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21857
RTX 4090 260357
+1091%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 182608
RTX 4090 771257
+322%

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 HD20
−1195%
259
+1195%
1440p28
−614%
200
+614%
4K20
−615%
143
+615%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data6.17
1440pno data8.00
4Kno data11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
−1945%
225
+1945%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
−1369%
235
+1369%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−3488%
287
+3488%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−1335%
240−250
+1335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
−757%
120−130
+757%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−2367%
222
+2367%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−743%
110−120
+743%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−1017%
200−210
+1017%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−610%
290−300
+610%
Hitman 3 11
−1073%
120−130
+1073%
Horizon Zero Dawn 97
−263%
350−400
+263%
Metro Exodus 23
−574%
150−160
+574%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
−464%
120−130
+464%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−2000%
450−500
+2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
−148%
150−160
+148%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−1169%
200−210
+1169%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−3000%
248
+3000%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−1335%
240−250
+1335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−900%
120−130
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
−3467%
214
+3467%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−743%
110−120
+743%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−1017%
200−210
+1017%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−610%
290−300
+610%
Hitman 3 12−14
−892%
120−130
+892%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
−382%
350−400
+382%
Metro Exodus 17
−812%
150−160
+812%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−786%
120−130
+786%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−2510%
548
+2510%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−1105%
240−250
+1105%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
−208%
150−160
+208%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−1019%
179
+1019%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−2650%
220
+2650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−823%
120−130
+823%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−2000%
210
+2000%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−743%
110−120
+743%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−610%
290−300
+610%
Hitman 3 12−14
−892%
120−130
+892%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
−2218%
394
+2218%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
−2906%
541
+2906%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−2673%
305
+2673%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−200%
153
+200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−786%
120−130
+786%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−1283%
160−170
+1283%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−1020%
110−120
+1020%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−2483%
155
+2483%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−18200%
183
+18200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−1267%
80−85
+1267%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5033%
154
+5033%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1100%
80−85
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−1326%
270−280
+1326%
Hitman 3 10−11
−1280%
130−140
+1280%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−2671%
388
+2671%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−2433%
152
+2433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−25100%
504
+25100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−5260%
268
+5260%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−500%
240−250
+500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−1073%
120−130
+1073%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1660%
85−90
+1660%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−1625%
65−70
+1625%
Hitman 3 2−3
−4050%
80−85
+4050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
−855%
105
+855%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−4633%
140−150
+4633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−9267%
281
+9267%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−2900%
120
+2900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−3900%
120
+3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1633%
50−55
+1633%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 80
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−4167%
250−260
+4167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−28100%
282
+28100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−5750%
117
+5750%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1486%
110−120
+1486%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is 1195% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 is 614% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 is 615% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 28100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 71 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.04 100.00
Recency 7 January 2020 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 450 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has 2900% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 1555.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GeForce RTX 4090

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