- AMD landmarks show RX 7900 XTX RTX 4090, 4080 Super in AI tests
- Nvidia retaliated, saying that RTX 5090 is 2.2x faster than the AMD GPU
- The benchmarks differ, but RX 7900 XTX of AMD is much cheaper than the cards of Nvidia
Deepseek is the new Darling AI – For the moment at least – and Nvidia and Amd have argued on which of them manages it the fastest.
AMD started the SCAT by publishing benchmarks showing its high -end RX 7900 XTX Graphics card outperforming RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Super in NVIDIA R1 Deepseek tests. NVIDIA – Inevitably – responded with its own results which show the opposite. Because of course, they do it.
According to David McAfee on X, the GPU based on RDNA3 of AMD was up to 13% faster than the RTX 4090 and 34% in front of the RTX 4080 Super. The RX 7900 XTX worked better against the RTX 4090 using Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 7b, where it led by 13%. AMD also tested Distill Llama 8B and Distill Qwen 14B, its GPU being 11% and 2% more quickly. The RTX 4090 had an advantage, it was 4% in advance in Distill Qwen 32B.
Against RTX 4080 Super, the AMD GPU showed larger tracks. The RX 7900 XTX was 34% faster using the Distill R1 Deepseek QWEN 7B, 27% in advance with Distill LLAMA 8B and 22% faster using DISTILL QWEN 14B. Obviously, we cannot be sure we know how the NVIDIA GPUs were configured for the tests and, as AMD has executed them, it is just to say that Team Red may not have been four To optimize things for Team Green equipment.
Nvidia Riposte
As Tom material Underlines that the RX 7900 XTX is not widely used for AI, but its RDNA3 architecture includes AI and AMD treatment capacities has marketed this aspect under the “ACC Accelerator” label.
Shortly after AMD’s references were launched online, NVIDIA ATS in a blog article with its own results, also reported by Tom materialAffirming that the RTX 5090 is up to 2.2 times faster than the RX 7900 XTX. Using Qwen 32B, NVIDIA reported a 124% advantage, while the RTX 4090 was 47% in advance. With LLAMA 8B, the RTX 5090 was 106% faster and the RTX 4090 led by 47%.
The back and forth inevitably stresses the importance of dealing with the references published by the manufacturers with caution. Different optimizations, pilot versions and test conditions can lead to various results.
It is also important to note that even if the benchmarks of Nvidia are true, AMD still presents itself in the lead in a very important aspect – the price. Its GPU is much cheaper than the two power offers from Nvidia.
