nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 Sep 2022 View Details

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 Jan 2025 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $1999 Jan 2025

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 (228 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+0%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+24%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+39%)

AVG 149 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+32%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+38%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+42%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+17%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+20%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+21%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+26%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+28%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+3%)

AVG 204 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 198 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+71%)

AVG 204 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+171%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+27%)

AVG 174 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+34%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+12%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+17%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+26%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+0%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+7%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+27%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+0%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+0%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 228 benchmarks across 63 games

113

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

+22.6%

138

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090