NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 VS AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4090
VS
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4096
Cores644.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
$599 • Mar 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
16GB GDDR6 304W $599.99 Mar 2025
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 450 W | 304 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 2970 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1010 GB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 4nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | RDNA 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 16384 | 4096 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 64 |
| TMUs | 512 | 256 |
| ROPs | 176 | 128 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 380.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1.01 GTexel/s | 760.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 82.58 GFLOPS | 48.66 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 72.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 357 mm² |
| Transistors | 76300 Million | 53900 Million |
| Required PSU | 850 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 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
42193 (+57%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
26809
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
316301 (+73%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
182816
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
615.9 FPS (+97%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
313.3 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
38309 (+43%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
26815
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (312 benchmarks)
SILENT HILL: Townfall
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Screen Burn
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+45%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+47%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+47%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+45%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+47%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+47%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Winner
Loser
CONTROL Resonant
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG Remedy Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+34%)
AVG 153 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+34%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+39%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Blood of Dawnwalker
7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG Rebel Wolves
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+8%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+31%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+8%)
AVG 162 FPS
MIN 146 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+50%)
AVG 194 FPS
MIN 173 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+45%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 129 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+45%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Winner
Loser
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta
8 2026 • Action Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+123%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 315 benchmarks across 87 games
109
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+31.6%
83
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
300
Wins
109
Avg FPS
91
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
10
Wins
83
Avg FPS
69
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
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