Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Place in performance ranking	8	6
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	17.28	27.48
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Ampere GA102	Navi 31 XTX
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 January 2022 (2 years ago)	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$999
Current price	$1251 (0.6x MSRP)	$859 (0.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XTX has 59% better value for money than RTX 3090 Ti.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	10752	6144
Core clock speed	1560 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz	2270 MHz
Number of transistors	28,300 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	450 Watt	355 Watt
Texture fill rate	625.0	959.6

Size and 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	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	336 mm	287 mm
Width	3-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin

Memory

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	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	21000 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	960.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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

API support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RTX 3090 Ti 76.84

RX 7900 XTX 79.99
+4.1%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce RTX 3090 Ti by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 3090 Ti 29754

RX 7900 XTX 30973
+4.1%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce RTX 3090 Ti by 4% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3090 Ti 69481

RX 7900 XTX 83322
+19.9%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce RTX 3090 Ti by 20% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3090 Ti 53110

RX 7900 XTX 64680
+21.8%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce RTX 3090 Ti by 22% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3090 Ti 246319
+16.5%

RX 7900 XTX 211480

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 7900 XTX by 16% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 3090 Ti 564087

RX 7900 XTX 758139
+34.4%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce RTX 3090 Ti by 34% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	210 −20%	252 +20%
1440p	140 −26.4%	177 +26.4%
4K	101 −13.9%	115 +13.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

219

−10.5%

242
+10.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −43.1%	166 +43.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	160 −76.9%	283 +76.9%
Battlefield 5	160−170 −2.4%	170−180 +2.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	201 −14.9%	231 +14.9%
Far Cry 5	160−170 −25.4%	212 +25.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	130−140 −21.6%	169 +21.6%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −55.8%	338 +55.8%
Hitman 3	210−220 −0.9%	210−220 +0.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −34.9%	228 +34.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130−140 −5.4%	130−140 +5.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	265 −21.5%	322 +21.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	171 +31.5%	130−140 −31.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −30.2%	151 +30.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	138 −74.6%	241 +74.6%
Battlefield 5	160−170 −2.4%	170−180 +2.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	173 −20.2%	208 +20.2%
Far Cry 5	160−170 −21.3%	205 +21.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	130−140 −16.5%	162 +16.5%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −52.1%	330 +52.1%
Hitman 3	210−220 −0.9%	210−220 +0.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −24.9%	211 +24.9%
Metro Exodus	178 −34.3%	239 +34.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130−140 −5.4%	130−140 +5.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	251 −21.9%	306 +21.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	394 −38.3%	545 +38.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	154 +18.5%	130−140 −18.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −15.5%	134 +15.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	123 −70.7%	210 +70.7%
Battlefield 5	160−170 −2.4%	170−180 +2.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	152 −30.9%	199 +30.9%
Far Cry 5	160−170 −11.8%	189 +11.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	130−140 −5%	146 +5%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −35.9%	295 +35.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	193 −54.4%	298 +54.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130 +0%	130−140 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	140−150 −4.3%	140−150 +4.3%
Hitman 3	170−180 −5.1%	180−190 +5.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 −50%	201 +50%
Metro Exodus	125 −28.8%	161 +28.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 −6.4%	80−85 +6.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	184 −29.9%	239 +29.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 −51.7%	132 +51.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	108 −58.3%	171 +58.3%
Battlefield 5	140−150 −4.8%	150−160 +4.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	104 −35.6%	141 +35.6%
Far Cry 5	140−150 −26.4%	187 +26.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	120−130 −18.7%	146 +18.7%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 −55.1%	290 +55.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 −61.9%	238 +61.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	108 +20%	90−95 −20%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 −4.5%	90−95 +4.5%
Hitman 3	100−110 −7.7%	110−120 +7.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +40%	65 −40%
Metro Exodus	84 −28.6%	108 +28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −7.7%	55−60 +7.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	106 −26.4%	134 +26.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	173 −5.2%	182 +5.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 −74.6%	110 +74.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73 −46.6%	107 +46.6%
Battlefield 5	100−110 −6.7%	110−120 +6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	53 −34%	71 +34%
Far Cry 5	95−100 −67.4%	159 +67.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95 −48.9%	140 +48.9%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −61%	227 +61%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70 +29.6%	50−55 −29.6%

This is how RTX 3090 Ti and RX 7900 XTX compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XTX is 20% faster than RTX 3090 Ti in 1080p
RX 7900 XTX is 26.4% faster than RTX 3090 Ti in 1440p
RX 7900 XTX is 13.9% faster than RTX 3090 Ti in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3090 Ti is 40% faster than the RX 7900 XTX.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 7900 XTX is 76.9% faster than the RTX 3090 Ti.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3090 Ti is ahead in 5 tests (7%)
RX 7900 XTX is ahead in 60 tests (88%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	76.84	79.99
Recency	27 January 2022	3 November 2022
Cost	$1999	$999
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	450 Watt	355 Watt