GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Radeon RX Vega M GL

Place in the ranking	449	20
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.74	41.32
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Polaris 22	AD103
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 February 2018 (7 years ago)	3 January 2023 (2 years ago)

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	1280	9728
Core clock speed	931 MHz	1335 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.88	515.3
Floating-point processing power	2.588 TFLOPS	32.98 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	112
TMUs	80	304
Tensor Cores	no data	304
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	76

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	576.0 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 outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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 M GL 9.68

RTX 4090 Mobile 68.75
+610%

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 Vega M GL 3898

RTX 4090 Mobile 27688
+610%

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	24−27 −633%	176 +633%
1440p	18−20 −639%	133 +639%
4K	10−12 −710%	81 +710%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Fortnite	55−60 −578%	400−450 +578%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −605%	550−600 +605%

Full HD
High Preset

Dota 2	35−40 −383%	174 +383%
Fortnite	55−60 −383%	280−290 +383%
Grand Theft Auto V	35−40 −350%	162 +350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −176%	210−220 +176%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −461%	170−180 +461%
World of Tanks	140−150 −91.1%	270−280 +91.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2	35−40 −419%	187 +419%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −176%	210−220 +176%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −610%	220−230 +610%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

55−60
−578%

400−450

+578%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −770%	174 +770%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −770%	174 +770%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2	20−22 −795%	179 +795%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −590%	200−210 +590%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

10−12

−582%

75−80
+582%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	220 +0%	220 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	156 +0%	156 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	143 +0%	143 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +0%	71 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	398 +0%	398 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	200 +0%	200 +0%
Metro Exodus	148 +0%	148 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Valorant	350−400 +0%	350−400 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	132 +0%	132 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	68 +0%	68 +0%
Far Cry 5	136 +0%	136 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	387 +0%	387 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	138 +0%	138 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Valorant	262 +0%	262 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	123 +0%	123 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	63 +0%	63 +0%
Far Cry 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	369 +0%	369 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	179 +0%	179 +0%
Valorant	350−400 +0%	350−400 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	138 +0%	138 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	139 +0%	139 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
World of Tanks	516 +0%	516 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	47 +0%	47 +0%
Far Cry 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	294 +0%	294 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	128 +0%	128 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	164 +0%	164 +0%
Valorant	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	63 +0%	63 +0%
Dota 2	172 +0%	172 +0%
Metro Exodus	82 +0%	82 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
World of Tanks	314 +0%	314 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21 +0%	21 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24 +0%	24 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Fortnite	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	156 +0%	156 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Valorant	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%

This is how RX Vega M GL and RTX 4090 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 Mobile is 633% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 639% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 710% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 Mobile is 795% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4090 Mobile is ahead in 11 tests (17%)
there's a draw in 53 tests (83%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.68	68.75
Recency	1 February 2018	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt

RX Vega M GL has 84.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 610.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL in performance tests.

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