Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RX 9070 XT
Best for: Gamers and creators who need 24GB VRAM at a clearance price — content creation, AI workloads, and high-res texture packs.
Full details →Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RTX 5090
Best for: 4K enthusiasts who can find the RTX 4090 at a significant discount and don't need DLSS 4 or GDDR7.
Full details →| AMD RX 7900 XTX | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | Enthusiast | Enthusiast |
| Generation | RX 7000 | RTX 4000 |
| VRAM | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 355W | 450W |
| Upscaling | FSR3 | DLSS3 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $999 | $1599 |
| Released | Dec 13, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 |
| Cycle length | ~820 days | ~840 days |
| Cycle advice | Wait | Wait |
| Deals advice | Buy | Buy |
| Successor | RX 9070 XT | RTX 5090 |
More VRAM than any RTX 5000 card except the 5090. Unmatched for VRAM-hungry workloads.
Superseded but strong value — clearance pricing makes this competitive with the RX 9070 XT at launch MSRP.
Over 2 years of driver optimization.
More VRAM than the RTX 5080 (16GB), making it relevant for AI workloads and 4K texture packs.
Street prices have dropped significantly below $1599 MSRP, offering 5090-adjacent performance for less.
Over 2 years of driver optimizations make this one of the most stable GPUs available.