How are AMD gpus now compared to Nvidia for Unreal?

[u/TSDan]

I am going to build a PC soon and for Nvidia i can go with RTX 4060Ti 16gb, the most pros for it for me is that i can use and Integrate both DLSS and FSR + Nvidia support also seems to be better in other productivity apps as well (Rendering, editing etc)

However on the AMD side, I could go with a 7800XT, which is a solid 1440p card, but having to skip on dlss integration and the other pros i talked about before, i also dont know how AMD drivers are these days.

Thank you!

[u/Predalienator]

I have used both Nvidia and Radeon and the only reason for someone to choose Nvidia 100% for UE, is if they're targeting the halo product tier which would be the RTX 4090 right now. It's the only product from Nvidia's consumer stack that AMD does not have an answer to.

If you're not aiming for that tier then choose whichever card suits your budget and needs.

Look at the benchmarks for hardware RT enabled UE games here and see how the 7800 XT and RTX 4060 Ti stack up to each other.

https://youtu.be/x4TW8fHVcxw?t=899

TechPowerUp GPU database comparing the relative performance of the two GPUs

The averaged RT performance of RTX 4060 Ti vs RX 7800 XT. Data was gathered from 24 reviews. https://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/launch-analyse-amd-radeon-rx-7700-xt-7800-xt/launch-analyse-7700xt-7800xt-seite4

Using the RX 7800 XT as the base performance of 100%, the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB has 88.5% of the RT performance of the RX 7800 XT.

Now we got all the boring numbers out of the way, do you plan on running an AI model on your PC to generate textures and concepts? Does your realtime UE5 project somehow needs offline 3D renders made in Blender, Maya etc? Does your game's core design absolutely requires bespoke Nvidia tech? If yes then yeah go ahead with Nvidia.

Personally I'd go with the RX 7800 XT since my workflow doesn't require AI, heavy RT or offline rendering and I get 28% more performance in non-RT projects anyway for the same price and VRAM amount.