GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon VII

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce RTX 3090 and Radeon VII, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce RTX 3090 stacks up against Radeon VII, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce RTX 3090 Radeon VII
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 295 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR6X HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce RTX 3090 has 18% more power consumption, than Radeon VII.
  • GeForce RTX 3090 is connected by PCIe 4.0 x16, and Radeon VII uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce RTX 3090 has 8 GB more memory, than Radeon VII.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce RTX 3090 is build with Ampere architecture, and Radeon VII - with Vega.
  • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
  • GeForce RTX 3090 is manufactured by 8 nm process technology, and Radeon VII - by 7 nm process technology.
  • GeForce RTX 3090 is 8 mm longer, than Radeon VII.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce RTX 3090 is 18500 MHz higher, than Radeon VII.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 100−105 75−80
ultra / 1080p 75−80 55−60
QHD / 1440p 65−70 45−50
4K / 2160p 50−55 30−35
low / 720p 110−120 95−100
medium / 1080p 110−120 85−90
The average gaming FPS of GeForce RTX 3090 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon VII.

Full Specs

  GeForce RTX 3090 Radeon VII
Architecture Ampere Vega
Code name Ampere GA102 Vega 20
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 24 September 2020 7 February 2019
Pipelines 10496 3840
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1400 MHz
Boost Clock 1700 MHz 1750 MHz
Transistor count 28,300 million 13,230 million
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 556.0 420.0
Length 313 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 19500 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 936.2 GB/s 1024 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2.131
CUDA 8.5
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