NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5090

$2,955.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$2,955.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	32 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR7	GDDR6X
TDP	575 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2407 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	1790 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	21760	16384
RT Cores	170	128
TMUs	680	512
ROPs	176	176
Memory Bus	512-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	423.6 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	1636.8 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	104.8 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	96.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	750 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	92200 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	950 W	850 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.4	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

53022 (+26%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

42193

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

419309 (+33%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

316301

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

624.6 FPS (+1%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

615.9 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

39505 (+3%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

38309

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (354 benchmarks)

Phantom Blade Zero

7.7 2026 • Action, RPG • S-GAME Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+14%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+15%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+16%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+24%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+23%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+25%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valor Mortis

8.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • One More Level

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+28%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 131 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+23%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered Background

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered

7.5 2026 • Action, RPG • CD PROJEKT RED

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+0%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+38%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+50%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+19%)

AVG 189 FPS

MIN 164 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+33%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+19%)

AVG 189 FPS

MIN 164 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+33%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+24%)

AVG 190 FPS

MIN 172 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+18%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+13%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+21%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+20%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+33%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 354 benchmarks across 91 games

146

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090

+30.3%

112

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090