GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 vs PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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NVIDIA

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090

Overall performance index

74,8

Rank 2 of 30 tested cards

AMD

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Overall performance index

54,3

Rank 9 of 30 tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 is 37,7% faster on average

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Individual tests: GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 wins 38, PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX wins 3 (41 shared tests)

Performance by resolution

Full HD (1080p) +30,9 % 123,0fps 94,0fps 4K without ray tracing +30,7 % 115,0fps 88,0fps 4K with ray tracing +47,8 % 99,0fps 67,0fps 8K +42,4 % 94,0fps 66,0fps

Game benchmarks

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Avg. Full HD (1080p) – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +30,9 %

Individual results (22 tests)

3D Mark Fire Strike Extreme Graphic Score 45.499 Punkte 39.386 Punkte +15,5 %

3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra Graphic Score 25.111 Punkte 20.228 Punkte +24,1 %

3D Mark Port Royal v1.32560x1440 26.209 Punkte 17.348 Punkte +51,1 %

3D Mark Port Royal v1.32560x1440 121,3 fps 80,3 fps +51,1 %

3D Mark SpeedWay2560x1440,DX12 Ultimate,fps 101,9 fps 66,3 fps +53,8 %

3D Mark SpeedWay2560x1440,DX12 Ultimate,Score 10.188 Punkte 6.625 Punkte +53,8 %

3D Mark Time Spy Extreme Graphic Score 19.079 Punkte 15.254 Punkte +25,1 %

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark1920x1080, Cinematic,100%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,No Raytracing 94,0 fps 68,0 fps +38,2 %

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark1920x1080, Cinematic,100%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,Raytracing-Very-High 68,0 fps 15,0 fps +353,3 %

Final Fantasy XV BenchmarkHighest,kein DLSS, 1080p 20.818 Punkte 15.040 Punkte +38,4 %

Fortnite1920x1080 172,7 fps 161,5 fps +6,9 %

Fortnite 1920x1080 P99 240,0 fps 254,7 fps +6,1 %

Fortnite P0.1 53,2 fps 54,6 fps +2,6 %

Geekbench 6.4.0 OpenCL 324.920 Punkte 183.421 Punkte +77,1 %

Geekbench 6.4.0 VULKAN 253.953 Punkte 264.377 Punkte +4,1 %

Metro Exodus P0.1 68,4 fps 43,6 fps +56,9 %

Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark1920x1080, Ultra+NoDLSS,No-Raytracing 122,7 fps 120,6 fps +1,8 %

Synthetische Benchmarks 1.007 Rating 781,0 Rating +28,9 %

Unigine Superposition1080p Extreme 158,5 fps 130,2 fps +21,8 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme min FPS 125,1 fps 98,1 fps +27,5 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme max FPS 182,7 fps 163,5 fps +11,7 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme Punkte 21.191 fps 17.401 fps +21,8 %

Avg. 4K without ray tracing – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +30,7 %

Individual results (9 tests)

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark3840x2160, Cinematic,50%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,No Raytracing 87,0 fps 64,0 fps +35,9 %

Cyberpunk 2077Ultra Preset, 3840x2160 75,5 fps 65,7 fps +15,0 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 Ultra 3840x2160 min 60,0 fps 55,3 fps +8,5 %

Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 3840x2160 max 95,2 fps 82,0 fps +16,2 %

Final Fantasy XV BenchmarkHighest,kein DLSS,3840x2160 11.215 Punkte 7.540 Punkte +48,7 %

Metro Exodus Ehanced Edition3840x2160 / Extreme 139,4 fps 93,8 fps +48,6 %

Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark3840x2160, Ultra+NoDLSS,No-Raytracing 75,6 fps 59,0 fps +28,2 %

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderUltra, 3840x2160 183,0 fps 134,0 fps +36,6 %

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderUltra, 3840x2160 28.682 fps 21.013 fps +36,5 %

Avg. 4K with ray tracing – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +47,8 %

Individual results (8 tests)

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark3840x2160, Cinematic,50%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,Raytracing-Very-High 65,0 fps 15,0 fps +333,3 %

Cyberpunk 2077Low RayTracing Low OHNE DLSS-FSR, 3840x2160 67,7 fps 53,9 fps +25,8 %

Cyberpunk 2077RayTracing Low DLSS / FSR2.1 3840x2160 121,9 fps 106,9 fps +14,0 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 RayTracing DLSS 3840x2160 min 109,4 fps 94,1 fps +16,3 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 RayTracing Low 3840x2160 min 54,5 fps 45,1 fps +20,6 %

Cyberpunk 2077 Low RayTracing Low 3840x2160 max 85,5 fps 66,6 fps +28,5 %

Cyberpunk 2077 RayTracing DLSS 3840x2160 max 146,8 fps 128,4 fps +14,3 %

Metro Exodus P99. Moscow3840x2160 DXR,Ultra,no DLSS 259,0 fps 158,6 fps +63,3 %

Avg. 8K – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +42,4 %

Individual results (2 tests)

Unigine Superposition8k Extreme 94,4 fps 65,9 fps +43,4 %

Unigine Superposition 8k Optimized 12.626 fps 8.805 fps +43,4 %

Price / performance

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Specifications

Key details

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	n/a
Generation	Ada Lovelace	n/a
Type	Desktop GPU	Desktop GPU

Detailed specifications

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Shader processors (CUDA / stream)	16,384	n/a
Compute units / SMs	n/a	96
RT cores	n/a	96
Tensor cores	n/a	192
Base clock	2,230 MHz	2,300 MHz
Boost clock	2,520 MHz	2,500 MHz
Power draw (TDP/TGP)	450 W	n/a
FP32 performance	83.0 TFLOPS	n/a

VRAM capacity and type

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Memory size	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	n/a
Memory bandwidth	n/a	960,0 GB/s

Form factor and compatibility

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Interface	PCIe Gen 4	n/a

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