NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
nvidia
Brand32GB GDDR7
Memory21760
Cores1790 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5090
VS
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025
GeForce RTX 5090
$1999 • Jan 2025
VS
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022
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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 (273 benchmarks)
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
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+30%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+34%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+20%)
AVG 165 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+32%)
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 121 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+34%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 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 5090 (+18%)
AVG 153 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 5090 (+20%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!
Based on 273 benchmarks across 73 games
146
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5090
VS
+26.2%
116
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA • 32GB GDDR7
249
Wins
146
Avg FPS
124
Min FPS
91%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
0
Wins
116
Avg FPS
97
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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