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GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 5090

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Key Differences

  • RTX 5090 is 29% faster than RTX 4090 (32 measured runs at 4K, 1440p and 1080p).
  • RTX 5090 has the most memory: 32 GB against 24 GB.
  • RTX 5090 has the most memory bandwidth: 1,790 GB/s against 1,010 GB/s.
  • RTX 4090 draws the least power: 450 W against 575 W.
Spec GeForce RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 5090
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
4Kgaming performance 80.0 FPS 68.2 FPS 1% low 16 games 107 FPS 89.3 FPS 1% low 16 games
1440pgaming performance 141 FPS 117 FPS 1% low 8 games 182 FPS 146 FPS 1% low 8 games
1080pgaming performance 192 FPS 158 FPS 1% low 8 games 228 FPS 181 FPS 1% low 8 games
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Generation / family GeForce RTX 40 Series GeForce RTX 50 Series
GPU codename AD102 GB202
Launch date 2022-10-12 2025-01-30
Market segment Desktop, Flagship in GeForce RTX 40 Series Desktop, Flagship in GeForce RTX 50 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm TSMC 5 nm
Die size 609 mm² 750 mm²
Transistor count 76.3 billion 92.2 billion
GPU chip AD102 GB202
SM / multiprocessor count 128 170
CUDA Cores 16384 21760
Tensor Cores 512 680
RT Cores 128 170
ROPs 176 176
TMUs 512 680
Clocks
Base / Core clock 2,235 MHz 2,017 MHz
Boost clock 2,520 MHz 2,407 MHz
Memory clock 1,313 MHz 1,750 MHz
Memory
Memory size 24 GB 32 GB
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR7
Memory bus width 384-bit 512-bit
Memory bandwidth 1,010 GB/s 1,790 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 450 W 575 W
Recommended PSU 850 W 1,000 W
Power connectors 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin
Slot width Triple-slot, 304 mm length, 61 mm width Dual-slot, 304 mm length, 40 mm width
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 8.9 12.0
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 82.58 TFLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 82.58 TFLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS
Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.

Frame rates compare runs of the same game at the same quality preset on one test system. DLAA counts as native resolution, because it applies anti-aliasing at full render resolution rather than upscaling; DLSS and FSR upscaling are never counted as native. Where a capture named ray tracing without a readable on or off value, it is read as on.

Measured game results

Gaming benchmarks

Reviewed FPS from games these cards were measured on under one shared test system and resolution. Every game is compared against itself, so each result is a like-for-like pair. These results are separate from theoretical compute specifications.

4K

GeForce RTX 5090 is 34% faster than GeForce RTX 4090

  1. GeForce RTX 5090 100%
  2. GeForce RTX 4090 74.8% (-25%)

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 16 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

Per-game comparison at 4K
Game GeForce RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 5090
Alan Wake 2 High 72 FPS 1% low 60 FPS 92 FPS 1% low 72 FPS
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remake Ultra 47 FPS 1% low 41 FPS 60 FPS 1% low 51 FPS
Battlefield 6 Overkill 88 FPS 1% low 66 FPS 106 FPS 1% low 82 FPS
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra 57 FPS 1% low 49 FPS 79 FPS 1% low 65 FPS
Crimson Desert Ultra 81 FPS 1% low 69 FPS 107 FPS 1% low 92 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 75 FPS 1% low 61 FPS 109 FPS 1% low 91 FPS
Death Stranding 2 Very high 67 FPS 1% low 54 FPS 92 FPS 1% low 73 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 111 FPS 1% low 99 FPS 144 FPS 1% low 126 FPS
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra 92 FPS 1% low 87 FPS 128 FPS 1% low 117 FPS
Horizon Forbidden West Very high 91 FPS 1% low 74 FPS 117 FPS 1% low 86 FPS
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Ultra 74 FPS 1% low 65 FPS 103 FPS 1% low 87 FPS
Pragmata Ultra 103 FPS 1% low 100 FPS 139 FPS 1% low 134 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 130 FPS 1% low 106 FPS 170 FPS 1% low 140 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 80 FPS 1% low 65 FPS 107 FPS 1% low 89 FPS
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Ultra 62 FPS 1% low 52 FPS 80 FPS 1% low 64 FPS
The Last of Us Part II Remastered Very high 90 FPS 1% low 81 FPS 133 FPS 1% low 115 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

NVIDIA Club reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Alan Wake 2
High, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remake
Ultra, Upscaling, On
Battlefield 6
Overkill, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Crimson Desert
Ultra, Not reported
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Death Stranding 2
Very high, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Hogwarts Legacy
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Horizon Forbidden West
Very high, Upscaling, DLAA
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Ultra, Not reported
Pragmata
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Ultra, Upscaling, On
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Very high, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES , source page
  • RTX 5080 vs RTX 4090 vs RTX 5090 - Test in 12 Games - 4K_2
  • RX 9070 XT vs RTX 4090 - Test in 10 Games with New Drivers 2026 _ 1080p

Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES
7a3e1205e83bd722195c37e4c3bfea3df0cda09337f15d6ce06b70d40d4fae4b
RTX 5080 vs RTX 4090 vs RTX 5090 - Test in 12 Games - 4K_2
b1299f81c403e7415a512275a6c89691586738f5768ea71a3718c08fe87f558c
RX 9070 XT vs RTX 4090 - Test in 10 Games with New Drivers 2026 _ 1080p
50b11ff5f15b6058c0de8b8279e5ab4217f7d5982e47aed32fb706d3123441fb

1440p

GeForce RTX 5090 is 29% faster than GeForce RTX 4090

  1. GeForce RTX 5090 100%
  2. GeForce RTX 4090 77.6% (-22%)

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 8 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

Per-game comparison at 1440p
Game GeForce RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 5090
Alan Wake 2 High 122 FPS 1% low 93 FPS 157 FPS 1% low 125 FPS
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra 73 FPS 1% low 60 FPS 97 FPS 1% low 79 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 159 FPS 1% low 119 FPS 216 FPS 1% low 144 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 153 FPS 1% low 129 FPS 192 FPS 1% low 141 FPS
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra 164 FPS 1% low 160 FPS 214 FPS 1% low 188 FPS
Pragmata Ultra 169 FPS 1% low 149 FPS 224 FPS 1% low 213 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 196 FPS 1% low 163 FPS 233 FPS 1% low 194 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 134 FPS 1% low 107 FPS 170 FPS 1% low 133 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

NVIDIA Club reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Alan Wake 2
High, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Hogwarts Legacy
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Pragmata
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES , source page

Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES
7a3e1205e83bd722195c37e4c3bfea3df0cda09337f15d6ce06b70d40d4fae4b

1080p

GeForce RTX 5090 is 19% faster than GeForce RTX 4090

  1. GeForce RTX 5090 100%
  2. GeForce RTX 4090 84.4% (-16%)

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 8 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

Per-game comparison at 1080p
Game GeForce RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 5090
Alan Wake 2 High 166 FPS 1% low 139 FPS 208 FPS 1% low 156 FPS
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra 107 FPS 1% low 86 FPS 132 FPS 1% low 108 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 247 FPS 1% low 163 FPS 258 FPS 1% low 172 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 187 FPS 1% low 142 FPS 227 FPS 1% low 159 FPS
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra 238 FPS 1% low 230 FPS 288 FPS 1% low 256 FPS
Pragmata Ultra 228 FPS 1% low 218 FPS 287 FPS 1% low 281 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 234 FPS 1% low 191 FPS 262 FPS 1% low 218 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 181 FPS 1% low 143 FPS 211 FPS 1% low 159 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

NVIDIA Club reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Alan Wake 2
High, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Hogwarts Legacy
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Pragmata
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Rendering Mode, Native, On
  • 91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES , source page

Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
91 FPS: RX 9070 XT VS RTX 4090+ Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D : TEST IN 20 GAMES
7a3e1205e83bd722195c37e4c3bfea3df0cda09337f15d6ce06b70d40d4fae4b