ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
• GPU Chip
  AD102 (Ada Lovelace) Navi 32 (RDNA 3)
• Shader
  16384 7680
• Render Output Units
  192 138
• Texture Units
  512 480
• Raytracing Cores
  128 120

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  24 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  1.313 GHz 2.250 GHz
• Memory Speed
  21 Gbps 18 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  384 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.235 GHz 1.800 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.550 GHz+ 1 % 2.800 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.600 GHz+ 30 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  450 W 300 W+ 20 %
• TDP (up)
  450 W-25 % --
• Tjunction max
  90 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 16-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 110 mm --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.1a 1x HDMI v2.1a
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v2.1
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  358 mm --
• Height
  149 mm --
• Width
  70 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  4 PCIe-Slots --
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 2023
• Structure size
  4 nm 5 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-RTX4090-24G-GAMING --
• Documents
  data sheet --