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Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is ahead of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 68%, including 51% in 3DMark Time Spy (37,979 vs 25,214). On qwen2.5:32b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 generates 34.4 tokens/s (per Database Mart) against 28.0 for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX (per Local AI Master), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Both released in 2022. MSRP range: $999 · $1,599. 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 4090
vram gb 2424
vram type —GDDR6X
tdp w —450
cuda cores —16384

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, HWBOT, Digital Trends, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net, 3DMark, ComputerBase, The FPS Review, TechSpot, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, Micro Center and TechPowerUp; 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 4090
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: HWBOT, Digital Trends, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net, 3DMark, Wccftech		 16,225 points25,820 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, ComputerBase, Wccftech		 6,280 points10,527 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, 3DMark, ComputerBase		 6,862 points27,805 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review		 —11,287 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechSpot, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, Digital Trends, 3DMark		 25,214 pts37,979 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: TechPowerUp, The FPS Review		 —29,321 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Wccftech		 15,114 points19,000 pts

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 4090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is ahead of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 68%, including 51% in 3DMark Time Spy (37,979 vs 25,214).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:32b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 generates 34.4 tokens/s (per Database Mart) against 28.0 for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX (per Local AI Master), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX launched at a $999 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 at $1,599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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