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Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 34%, including 34% in 3DMark Time Spy (25,214 vs 18,824). On qwen2.5:32b, both reach about 28.0 tokens/s (per Local AI Master; per Kunal Ganglani LLM Benchmarks).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090. Released 2022 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX), 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090). MSRP range: $999 · $1,499. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
vram gb 2424
vram type —GDDR6X
tdp w —350
cuda cores —10496

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Wccftech, Digital Trends, esports.hwbot.org, 3DMark, HWBOT, ComputerBase, TechSpot, Micro Center and Notebookcheck; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 37,004 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 20,587 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Digital Trends, esports.hwbot.org, 3DMark, HWBOT, Wccftech		 16,225 points15,039 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, ComputerBase, Wccftech		 6,280 points5,075 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, ComputerBase		 6,862 points5,229 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12 Graphics Score) (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —5,112 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —5,112 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechSpot, Digital Trends, 3DMark		 25,214 pts18,824 points
3DMark Time Spy (combined) (higher is better)
Source: Micro Center		 27,934 points—
3DMark Time Spy (GPU) (higher is better)
Source: Micro Center		 30,139 points—
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 30,229 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —9,800 points

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 34%, including 34% in 3DMark Time Spy (25,214 vs 18,824).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:32b, both reach about 28.0 tokens/s (per Local AI Master; per Kunal Ganglani LLM Benchmarks).

What did the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX launched at a $999 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 at $1,499. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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