Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Place in the ranking	11	8
Place by popularity	not in top-100	69
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.29	34.70
Power efficiency	11.73	15.55
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA102	Navi 31
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 January 2022 (2 years ago)	3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XTX has 319% better value for money than RTX 3090 Ti.

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	10752	6144
Core clock speed	1560 MHz	1929 MHz
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz	2498 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	959.2
Floating-point processing power	40 TFLOPS	61.39 TFLOPS
ROPs	112	192
TMUs	336	384
Tensor Cores	336	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	84	96

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	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

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	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	960.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	2.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	-

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.

RTX 3090 Ti 77.09

RX 7900 XTX 80.62
+4.6%

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.

RTX 3090 Ti 29701

RX 7900 XTX 31064
+4.6%

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.

RTX 3090 Ti 69481

RX 7900 XTX 83322
+19.9%

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.

RTX 3090 Ti 53110

RX 7900 XTX 64680
+21.8%

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.

RTX 3090 Ti 246319
+16.5%

RX 7900 XTX 211480

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.

RTX 3090 Ti 564087

RX 7900 XTX 758139
+34.4%

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	227 −11%	252 +11%
1440p	148 −15.5%	171 +15.5%
4K	109 +3.8%	105 −3.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	8.81	3.96
1440p	13.51	5.84
4K	18.34	9.51

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	150−160 −5.1%	166 +5.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	160 −76.9%	283 +76.9%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	201 −14.9%	231 +14.9%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	190−200 −4.7%	200−210 +4.7%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 −1.6%	250−260 +1.6%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 −3.6%	280−290 +3.6%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −0.8%	120−130 +0.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	300−350 −5.1%	350−400 +5.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 −109%	330 +109%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	138 −74.6%	241 +74.6%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	173 −20.2%	208 +20.2%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	190−200 −4.7%	200−210 +4.7%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 −1.6%	250−260 +1.6%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 −3.6%	280−290 +3.6%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −0.8%	120−130 +0.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	300−350 −60.7%	535 +60.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	160−170 −4.7%	170−180 +4.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 +17.9%	134 −17.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	123 −70.7%	210 +70.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	152 −30.9%	199 +30.9%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 −19.4%	295 +19.4%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 −47.6%	406 +47.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	300−350 −41.4%	471 +41.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	193 −54.4%	298 +54.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130 −21.5%	158 +21.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

−0.8%

120−130
+0.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 −43.5%	132 +43.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	108 −58.3%	171 +58.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	104 −35.6%	141 +35.6%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Hitman 3	110−120 −4.4%	110−120 +4.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 −61.6%	328 +61.6%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −18.7%	146 +18.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 −57.9%	360 +57.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 −65.3%	238 +65.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

−1.6%

120−130
+1.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Hitman 3	65−70 −5.8%	70−75 +5.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −6.3%	130−140 +6.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	173 −5.2%	182 +5.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 −66.7%	110 +66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73 −46.6%	107 +46.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	53 −34%	71 +34%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −56.6%	227 +56.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 −56.3%	197 +56.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70 −47.1%	103 +47.1%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

85−90

−6.7%

95−100
+6.7%

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

RX 7900 XTX is 11% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XTX is 16% faster in 1440p
RTX 3090 Ti is 4% faster in 4K

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

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3090 Ti is 18% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7900 XTX is 109% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3090 Ti is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RX 7900 XTX is ahead in 45 tests (63%)
there's a draw in 26 tests (36%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	77.09	80.62
Recency	27 January 2022	3 November 2022
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	450 Watt	355 Watt

RX 7900 XTX has a 4.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 26.8% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

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