AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4096

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$629.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

16GB GDDR6 304W $599.99 Mar 2025

Radeon RX 9070 XT

$599 • Mar 2025

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	16 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	304 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2970 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	644.6 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	4nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 4.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	4096	16384
RT Cores	64	128
TMUs	256	512
ROPs	128	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2518 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	380.2 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	760.3 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	48.66 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	8.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	357 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	53900 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	700 W	850 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

26809

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

42193 (+57%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

182816

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

316301 (+73%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

313.3 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

615.9 FPS (+97%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

26815

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

38309 (+43%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (285 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+64%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+73%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+34%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+47%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+35%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+37%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+19%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+21%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+5%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+23%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+33%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+18%)

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 144 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 9070 XT (+12%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+12%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+53%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+56%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+69%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 288 benchmarks across 79 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070 XT

+31%

110

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090