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
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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 (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
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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
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
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
110
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+31%
84
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
273
Wins
110
Avg FPS
91
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
10
Wins
84
Avg FPS
69
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
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