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 (237 benchmarks)
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+7%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+12%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+23%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4090 (+21%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4090 (+45%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+37%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+42%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+33%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 4090 (+12%)
AVG 180 FPS
MIN 155 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 161 FPS
MIN 143 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 4090 (+14%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 137 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 122 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+37%)
AVG 276 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 202 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+49%)
AVG 248 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 167 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+48%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 240 benchmarks across 69 games
112
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+33%
84
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
227
Wins
112
Avg FPS
92
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
8
Wins
84
Avg FPS
69
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
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