Nvidia Lovelace and AMD RDNA3 performance rumors leave the next-gen rivals evenly matched as leaker signals imminent GPU price drop

[Redaktion]

Generational performance improvement estimates for the upcoming Nvidia Lovelace family and AMD RDNA3 next-gen graphics cards have seemingly left the rivals looking evenly matched. Figures were compared to the performance of the GeForce RTX 3090. A noted tipster has also signaled that GPU prices will fall "dramatically" in March.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-Lovelace-and-AMD-RDNA3-performance-rumors-leave-the-next-gen-rivals-evenly-matched-as-leaker-signals-imminent-GPU-price-drop.601844.0.html

[Stuart Lunsford]

I don't believe this for a second.  CUDA cores are not equal to stream processors anymore.  You need to have almost 2x CUDA cores for the same performance at the same frequency...this next gen won't hit that mark.  I think Hopper (or whatever Nvidia calls theirs MCM design) will be out before RDNA 4.  That is when Nvidia will be back on top.

[organshifter]

Imo, there's no way the monolithic architecture of the 4090 (even @ 5 nm) can compete with the 7900's MCM design @ 5/6 nm and 512 MB 3D stacked infinity fabric. Also, if the rumored 3D stacked APD does get implemented, Ray Tracing will be much closer.

RDNA3 will run away with the performance crown this round, beating Lovelace by ~45% on avg in raster, even as high as 60% in some titles. Hopper may be slightly faster than RDNA3, but surely not jaw dropping.

[RobertJasiek]

RDNA3 will run away with the performance crown this round, beating Lovelace by ~45% on avg in raster, even as high as 60% in some titles.

3D gaming without DLSS: maybe. Other applications, which heavily depend on CUDA or tensor cores: we will have to see. Probably, it will depend on every software. (And probably Nvidia A-series cards will still work the best by far for Siemens software.)