The Radeon RX 7900 XT has a better showing at 1440p. It nips at the heels of the RTX 4080 in Hitman 3, Far Cry 6, F1 2022, and Cyberpunk 2077. The Ada heavy-weight still leads by a fat margin in The Callisto Protocol, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and A Plague Tale: Requiem.
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs. NVIDIA RTX 4080 1440p Ray Traced Benchmarks
With ray-tracing turned on, the RX 7900 XT gets butchered in eight of ten scenarios. The Callisto Protocol is the only game where the Radeon registers a win. Far Cry 6 and F1 2022 also treat the Navi 31 SKU fairly well.
Conclusion: Neither Here nor There
The Radeon RX 7900 XT costs $899 and falls short of the RTX 4080, a $1,199 GPU in every reasonable scenario. However, you can pay $100 more and get the RX 7900 XTX which is notably faster than the RTX 4080 in rasterization and marginally to moderately slower in ray-traced games. If you’re already stretching your budget, I’d recommend waiting for the RTX 4070 Ti, which is supposed to start at $849.
