NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4090
VS
nvidia
Brand32GB GDDR7
Memory21760
Cores1790 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 5090
$1999 • Jan 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| TDP | 450 W | 575 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1010 GB/s | 1790 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 16384 | 21760 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 170 |
| TMUs | 512 | 680 |
| ROPs | 176 | 176 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 423.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1.01 GTexel/s | 1636.8 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 82.58 GFLOPS | 104.8 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 72.00 MB | 96.00 MB |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 750 mm² |
| Transistors | 76300 Million | 92200 Million |
| Required PSU | 850 W | 950 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
53022 (+26%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
316301
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
419309 (+33%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
615.9 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
624.6 FPS (+1%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
38309
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
39505 (+3%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Game Benchmarks Comparison (297 benchmarks)
007 First Light
8 2026 • Action, Adventure IO Interactive A/S
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+23%)
AVG 158 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+19%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 111 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+32%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| dlss 4.5 quality
GeForce RTX 5090 (+20%)
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 152 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| dlss 4.5 quality
GeForce RTX 5090 (+24%)
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 130 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 107 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| dlss 4.5 quality
GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| dlss 4.5 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+182%)
AVG 614 FPS
MIN 555 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 218 FPS
MIN 196 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| dlss 4.5 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+215%)
AVG 558 FPS
MIN 499 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 177 FPS
MIN 158 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| dlss 4.5 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+227%)
AVG 474 FPS
MIN 413 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 145 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
Winner
Loser
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure TT Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+26%)
AVG 186 FPS
MIN 153 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+32%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Winner
Loser
Forza Horizon 6
9.5 2026 • Racing, Simulation, Sports Playground Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+36%)
AVG 206 FPS
MIN 179 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 132 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+38%)
AVG 178 FPS
MIN 160 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+34%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+48%)
AVG 145 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
GeForce RTX 5090 (+35%)
AVG 152 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 113 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
GeForce RTX 5090 (+43%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
2160p
| high
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
GeForce RTX 5090 (+46%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+177%)
AVG 496 FPS
MIN 456 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 179 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+195%)
AVG 439 FPS
MIN 397 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 149 FPS
MIN 137 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+164%)
AVG 314 FPS
MIN 289 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Winner
Loser
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+27%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+37%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+27%)
AVG 123 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+36%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+43%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+141%)
AVG 450 FPS
MIN 407 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 175 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+135%)
AVG 381 FPS
MIN 351 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 162 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+136%)
AVG 281 FPS
MIN 262 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+26%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 135 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 124 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+34%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+33%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+23%)
AVG 238 FPS
MIN 187 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 194 FPS
MIN 156 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)
AVG 191 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 157 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+31%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+98%)
AVG 518 FPS
MIN 453 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 262 FPS
MIN 231 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+104%)
AVG 483 FPS
MIN 404 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 237 FPS
MIN 207 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+116%)
AVG 398 FPS
MIN 350 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 184 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!
Based on 297 benchmarks across 76 games
116
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+31.3%
152
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
0
Wins
116
Avg FPS
97
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA • 32GB GDDR7
273
Wins
152
Avg FPS
129
Min FPS
92%
Win Rate
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