NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

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Combined performance score

RX Vega M GL
9.33

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL by 972% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking4351
Place by popularitynot in top-1007
Value for money2.6010.69
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ada Lovelace
GPU code namePolaris 22AD102-300-A1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2018 (6 years old)20 September 2022 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599
Current price$1307 $1756 (1.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 has 311% better value for money than RX Vega M GL.

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 cores128016384
Core clock speed931 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1011 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rate80.881,290
Floating-point performance2,588 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega M GL and GeForce RTX 4090 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeHBM2GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width1024 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s1,008 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDAno data8.9

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.

RX Vega M GL 9.33
RTX 4090 100.00
+972%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL by 972% in our combined 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%

RX Vega M GL 3616
RTX 4090 38762
+972%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL by 972% in Passmark.

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 HD24−27
−1004%
265
+1004%
1440p18−20
−1078%
212
+1078%
4K12−14
−1150%
150
+1150%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−2916%
573
+2916%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−1505%
305
+1505%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−3900%
280
+3900%

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

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 4090 is 1004% faster than RX Vega M GL

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 4090 is 1078% faster than RX Vega M GL

4K resolution:

  • RTX 4090 is 1150% faster than RX Vega M GL

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4090 is 3900% faster than the RX Vega M GL.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed RX Vega M GL in all 3 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.33 100.00
Recency 1 February 2018 20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 450 Watt

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

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop one.


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

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