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NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Compare specifications, gaming benchmarks, and prices for these two GPUs.

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090

Release Date: October 12, 2022
MSRP: $1,599 USD
GPU Architecture: ada
Hardware-Accelerated GEMM Operations:
FP16 FP32 BF16 FP8 INT8 INT4 TF32 FP64 INT1
CUDA Compute Capability : 8.9

Pricing

Lowest Price: $2,776
Average Price: $4,497
Active Listings: 98

MSRP: $1,599

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Release Date: January 30, 2025
MSRP: $1,999 USD
GPU Architecture: blackwell
Hardware-Accelerated GEMM Operations:
FP16 FP32 BF16 FP8 INT8 INT4 TF32 FP64 INT1
CUDA Compute Capability : 12.8

Pricing

Lowest Price: $4,650
Average Price: $9,397
Active Listings: 90

MSRP: $1,999

Specifications Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
FP32 TFLOPs	79th @ 82.6 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)	98th @ 209.5 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
FP16 TFLOPs	85th @ 660.6 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)	88th @ 838 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
Tensor Core Count	79th @ 512 Cores (Top Tier)(Top)	91st @ 680 Cores (Top Tier)(Top)
Memory Capacity (GB)	73rd @ 24 GB (Mid Tier)(Mid)	80th @ 32 GB (Top Tier)(Top)
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)	84th @ 1008 GB/s (Top Tier)(Top)	90th @ 1792 GB/s (Top Tier)(Top)
Int8 TOPs	79th @ 660.6 TOPs (Top Tier)(Top)	84th @ 838 TOPs (Top Tier)(Top)

Gaming Benchmarks Comparison

Benchmark	NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (4K)	97th @ 442 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 527 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (1440p)	97th @ 765 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 858 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (1080p)	97th @ 966 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 1067 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Counter-Strike 2 (4K)	96th @ 303 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 341 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Counter-Strike 2 (1440p)	95th @ 383 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	Data not available
Counter-Strike 2 (1080p)	92nd @ 409 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	Data not available
FurMark (GL) (4K)	98th @ 193 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 241 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1440p)	98th @ 324 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 395 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1080p)	98th @ 419 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 504 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (4K)	97th @ 193 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 247 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1440p)	98th @ 344 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 436 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1080p)	98th @ 446 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 573 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Quake II RTX (4K)	96th @ 117 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	100th @ 165 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Quake II RTX (1440p)	Data not available	Data not available
Quake II RTX (1080p)	Data not available	Data not available

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