Radeon RX 6900 XT vs GeForce RTX 3090

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT TOP Edition Gaming Graphics Card (AMD RDNA™ 2, PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing)

Sapphire 11308-03-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Special Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT Boost Clock Up to 2340 MHz 256-bit 16GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Triple Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

Gigabyte PowerColor Red Devil Limited Edition AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Sapphire 11308-08-20G Toxic AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1499

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDRR6X 384-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 2 Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3090 GAMING X TRIO 24G)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 GAMING OC 24G Graphics Card, 3x WINDFORCE Fans, 24GB 384-Bit GDDR6X, GV-N3090GAMING OC-24GD Video Card

Gigabyte 24GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo GDDR6X Graphics Card Model GV-N3090TURBO-24GD

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24GB Graphics Card GV-N3090AORUSX WB-24GD GV-N3090AORUSX WB-24GD

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 3090 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6900 XT is 57 days newer than GeForce RTX 3090.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6900 XT

Performs up to 2% better in Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than GeForce RTX 3090 - 210 vs 206 FPS
Up to 12% better value when playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than GeForce RTX 3090 - $7.51 vs $8.50 per FPS
Consumes up to 14% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 300 vs 350 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090

Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 24 vs 16 GB

This is a free version of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

210

100%

Value, $/FPS

$7.51/FPS

100%

Price, $

$1577.87

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT TOP Edition Gaming Graphics Card (AMD RDNA™ 2, PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing)

Buy for $1,577.87 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 335 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

FPS

206

98%

Value, $/FPS

$8.5/FPS

88%

Price, $

$1749.99

90%

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card

Buy for $1,749.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 334 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

155

FPS

157

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

615

FPS

626

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Very High

400

FPS

401

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

886

FPS

896

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Epic

180

FPS

185

FPS

Fortnite

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

720 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

189.8 GPixel/s

66%

Texel Fillrate

556 GTexel/s

77%

Radeon RX 6900 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 3090
Oct 28th, 2020	Release Date	Sep 1st, 2020
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 30
$999	MSRP	$1499
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
16 GB	Memory	24 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6X
256-bit	Bus	384-bit
512 GB/s	Bandwidth	936.2 GB/s
1825 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1395 MHz
2250 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1695 MHz
2000 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1219 MHz