AMD RX 7900 XTX Announced, Here’s How It Compares To Nvidia RTX 4090

AMD has announced its brand new flagship graphics card, the RX 7900 XTX, and here’s how it compares with the Nvidia RTX 4090.

During its recent livestream presentation, AMD announced its new flagship GPU, the RX 7900 XTX. The graphics card boasts the latest Navi 31-based 5nm RDNA 3 GPU architecture. It features a total of 12288 FP32 cores and 24 GB of GDDR6 memory. The GPU memory comes with a 384-bit memory bus and bandwidth of 960 GB/s. The graphics card has a maximum power draw of 355W. It is set to be priced at 999 USD at launch.

A detailed specs overview of the AMD RX 7900 XTX and a comparison with the Nvidia RTX 4090 can be seen below.

	RX 7900 XTX	RTX 4090
Architecture	5nm RDNA3	4nm Ada Lovelace
GPU	Navi 31 XTX	AD102-300
FP32 Cores	12288	16384
Game Clock	2.3 GHz	–
Boost Clock	TBA	2.5 GHz
Memory	24 GB GDDR6	24 GB GDDR6X
Memory Bus	384-bit	384-bit
Memory Speed	TBA	21 Gbps
Large Cache	96 MB	72 MB
Bandwidth	960 GB/s	1008 GB/s
Board Power	355W	450W
MSRP	$999	$1,599
Launch Date	December 13, 2022	October 12, 2022

AMD also announced that its brand new FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) with Fluid Motion Frame technology is coming sometime in the year 2023. It is said to double game performance 4K. This new frame generation technique will compete with Nvidia’s DLSS 3.0, which achieves similar performance gains via AI-based frame creation.

The release of AMD’s RDNA 3 architecture could be a hint at the arrival of the mid-gen console refresh sometime by the end of the year 2023. With the launch of the PSVR2 in February, 2023, a potential PS5 Pro with with far more capable specs and features like FSR 3 could prove highly useful for running cutting edge VR experiences that take their toll on graphics hardware.