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GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 4090

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Key Differences

  • RTX 5090 is 28% 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 5090 GeForce RTX 4090
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
4Kgaming performance 104 FPS 86.1 FPS 1% low 16 games 78.5 FPS 66.5 FPS 1% low 16 games
1440pgaming performance 182 FPS 146 FPS 1% low 8 games 141 FPS 117 FPS 1% low 8 games
1080pgaming performance 228 FPS 181 FPS 1% low 8 games 192 FPS 158 FPS 1% low 8 games
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Generation / family GeForce RTX 50 Series GeForce RTX 40 Series
GPU codename GB202 AD102
Launch date 2025-01-30 2022-10-12
Market segment Desktop, Flagship in GeForce RTX 50 Series Desktop, Flagship in GeForce RTX 40 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm TSMC 5 nm
Die size 750 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 76.3 billion
GPU chip GB202 AD102
SM / multiprocessor count 170 128
CUDA Cores 21760 16384
Tensor Cores 680 512
RT Cores 170 128
ROPs 176 176
TMUs 680 512
Clocks
Base / Core clock 2,017 MHz 2,235 MHz
Boost clock 2,407 MHz 2,520 MHz
Memory clock 1,750 MHz 1,313 MHz
Memory
Memory size 32 GB 24 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory bus width 512-bit 384-bit
Memory bandwidth 1,790 GB/s 1,010 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 575 W 450 W
Recommended PSU 1,000 W 850 W
Power connectors 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin
Slot width Dual-slot, 304 mm length, 40 mm width Triple-slot, 304 mm length, 61 mm width
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 12.0 8.9
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 104.8 TFLOPS 82.58 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 104.8 TFLOPS 82.58 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 32% faster than GeForce RTX 4090

  1. GeForce RTX 5090 100%
  2. GeForce RTX 4090 75.7% (-24%)

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 5090 GeForce RTX 4090
Alan Wake 2 High 92 FPS 1% low 72 FPS 72 FPS 1% low 60 FPS
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remake Ultra 60 FPS 1% low 51 FPS 47 FPS 1% low 41 FPS
Battlefield 6 Overkill 106 FPS 1% low 82 FPS 88 FPS 1% low 66 FPS
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra 79 FPS 1% low 65 FPS 57 FPS 1% low 49 FPS
Crimson Desert Ultra 107 FPS 1% low 92 FPS 81 FPS 1% low 69 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 63 FPS 1% low 50 FPS 54 FPS 1% low 42 FPS
Death Stranding 2 Very high 92 FPS 1% low 73 FPS 67 FPS 1% low 54 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 148 FPS 1% low 128 FPS 112 FPS 1% low 97 FPS
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra 128 FPS 1% low 117 FPS 92 FPS 1% low 87 FPS
Horizon Forbidden West Very high 117 FPS 1% low 86 FPS 91 FPS 1% low 74 FPS
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Ultra 103 FPS 1% low 87 FPS 74 FPS 1% low 65 FPS
Pragmata Ultra 139 FPS 1% low 134 FPS 103 FPS 1% low 100 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 170 FPS 1% low 140 FPS 130 FPS 1% low 106 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 107 FPS 1% low 89 FPS 80 FPS 1% low 65 FPS
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Ultra 80 FPS 1% low 64 FPS 62 FPS 1% low 52 FPS
The Last of Us Part II Remastered Very high 133 FPS 1% low 115 FPS 90 FPS 1% low 81 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, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
Death Stranding 2
Very high, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified; Upscaling, DLAA
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 5090 GeForce RTX 4090
Alan Wake 2 High 157 FPS 1% low 125 FPS 122 FPS 1% low 93 FPS
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra 97 FPS 1% low 79 FPS 73 FPS 1% low 60 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 216 FPS 1% low 144 FPS 159 FPS 1% low 119 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 192 FPS 1% low 141 FPS 153 FPS 1% low 129 FPS
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra 214 FPS 1% low 188 FPS 164 FPS 1% low 160 FPS
Pragmata Ultra 224 FPS 1% low 213 FPS 169 FPS 1% low 149 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 233 FPS 1% low 194 FPS 196 FPS 1% low 163 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 170 FPS 1% low 133 FPS 134 FPS 1% low 107 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 5090 GeForce RTX 4090
Alan Wake 2 High 208 FPS 1% low 156 FPS 166 FPS 1% low 139 FPS
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ultra 132 FPS 1% low 108 FPS 107 FPS 1% low 86 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 258 FPS 1% low 172 FPS 247 FPS 1% low 163 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 227 FPS 1% low 159 FPS 187 FPS 1% low 142 FPS
Hogwarts Legacy Ultra 288 FPS 1% low 256 FPS 238 FPS 1% low 230 FPS
Pragmata Ultra 287 FPS 1% low 281 FPS 228 FPS 1% low 218 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 262 FPS 1% low 218 FPS 234 FPS 1% low 191 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 211 FPS 1% low 159 FPS 181 FPS 1% low 143 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