GeForce RTX 4090 D vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in the ranking	481	2
Place by popularity	34	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.27
Power efficiency	41.36	14.79
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Vega	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	28 December 2023 (less than a year 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 cores	512	14592
Core clock speed	no data	2280 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,149
Floating-point processing power	no data	73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	456
Tensor Cores	no data	456
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	114

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	no data	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	no data	24 GB
Memory bus width	no data	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1,008 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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 HD	22 −900%	220−230 +900%
1440p	16 −900%	160−170 +900%
4K	9 −900%	90−95 +900%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	7.27
1440p	no data	9.99
4K	no data	17.77

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−900%

190−200
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −900%	220−230 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20 −900%	200−210 +900%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −900%	280−290 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −900%	190−200 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 −900%	140−150 +900%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −900%	210−220 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −900%	260−270 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −884%	600−650 +884%
Hitman 3	15 −900%	150−160 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −880%	500−550 +880%
Metro Exodus	35 −900%	350−400 +900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 −809%	300−310 +809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	36 −872%	350−400 +872%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −900%	600−650 +900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −900%	220−230 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 −900%	160−170 +900%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −900%	280−290 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −900%	190−200 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 −900%	100−105 +900%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −900%	210−220 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −900%	260−270 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −884%	600−650 +884%
Hitman 3	15 −900%	150−160 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −880%	500−550 +880%
Metro Exodus	25 −900%	250−260 +900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −900%	250−260 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27 −900%	270−280 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −900%	250−260 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −900%	600−650 +900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −900%	220−230 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14 −900%	140−150 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −900%	190−200 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −900%	90−95 +900%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −900%	210−220 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −884%	600−650 +884%
Hitman 3	14 −900%	140−150 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24 −900%	240−250 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	23 −900%	230−240 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −900%	140−150 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 −900%	120−130 +900%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−900%

210−220
+900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −900%	180−190 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −900%	140−150 +900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 −900%	110−120 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 −900%	50−55 +900%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −797%	350−400 +797%
Hitman 3	10 −900%	100−105 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20 −900%	200−210 +900%
Metro Exodus	17 −900%	170−180 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 −900%	160−170 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 −832%	550−600 +832%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−900%

130−140
+900%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −900%	60−65 +900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −846%	350−400 +846%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −900%	60−65 +900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9 −900%	90−95 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−900%

90−95
+900%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX 4090 D compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 D is 900% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 D is 900% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 D is 900% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.05	91.70
Recency	7 January 2020	28 December 2023
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	425 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has 2733.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 913.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.

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