GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon HD 7690M XT

Place in performance ranking	789	20
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	21.71
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Thames XTX	Ampere GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 June 2011 (13 years ago)	24 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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	480	10496
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1700 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	350 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.40	556.0
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	no data
Floating-point performance	0.696 gflops	35.58 gflops

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	313 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-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	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	19500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	936.2 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	8.5

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.

HD 7690M XT 2.61

RTX 3090 69.34
+2557%

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.

HD 7690M XT 1009

RTX 3090 26756
+2552%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 7690M XT 7055

RTX 3090 124350
+1663%

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.

HD 7690M XT 1346

RTX 3090 61518
+4470%

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:

900p	21 −2519%	550−600 +2519%
Full HD	25 −688%	197 +688%
1440p	4−5 −3175%	131 +3175%
4K	3−4 −2833%	88 +2833%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−4040%

207
+4040%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −1888%	159 +1888%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	114
Battlefield 5	4−5 −5450%	220−230 +5450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1883%	110−120 +1883%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −3420%	176 +3420%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −2240%	110−120 +2240%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −2314%	160−170 +2314%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1731%	230−240 +1731%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1571%	117 +1571%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1105%	250−260 +1105%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −7100%	144 +7100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −2067%	130 +2067%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −2555%	290−300 +2555%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −426%	200 +426%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −2988%	247 +2988%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	105
Battlefield 5	4−5 −5450%	220−230 +5450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1883%	110−120 +1883%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −2920%	151 +2920%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −2240%	110−120 +2240%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −2314%	160−170 +2314%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1731%	230−240 +1731%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1571%	117 +1571%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1105%	250−260 +1105%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −7100%	144 +7100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −1933%	120−130 +1933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −3555%	402 +3555%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −1046%	140−150 +1046%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −424%	199 +424%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −1250%	108 +1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	91
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1883%	110−120 +1883%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −2580%	134 +2580%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −2240%	110−120 +2240%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1569%	217 +1569%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1557%	116 +1557%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1305%	295 +1305%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −3091%	351 +3091%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −1292%	181 +1292%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −182%	107 +182%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−2050%

129
+2050%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −4025%	160−170 +4025%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −4550%	93 +4550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3950%	80−85 +3950%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −9200%	93 +9200%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2600%	80−85 +2600%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1338%	115 +1338%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −3229%	233 +3229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −7500%	152 +7500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −1253%	203 +1253%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−2017%

127
+2017%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −8600%	85−90 +8600%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6800%	65−70 +6800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −3400%	70 +3400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −5600%	57 +5600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −5000%	50−55 +5000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	60

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2675%

111
+2675%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 +0%	79 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	139 +0%	139 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	266 +0%	266 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	83 +0%	83 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	141 +0%	141 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	153 +0%	153 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	46 +0%	46 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	153 +0%	153 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	159 +0%	159 +0%

This is how HD 7690M XT and RTX 3090 compete in popular games:

RTX 3090 is 2519% faster in 900p
RTX 3090 is 688% faster in 1080p
RTX 3090 is 3175% faster in 1440p
RTX 3090 is 2833% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3090 is 9200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3090 is ahead in 57 tests (84%)
there's a draw in 11 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.61	69.34
Recency	7 June 2011	24 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	350 Watt

HD 7690M XT has 1300% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090, on the other hand, has a 2556.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7690M XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7690M XT is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 is a desktop one.

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