NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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

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: $2,219
  • Average Price: $4,006
  • Active Listings: 99

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: $3,810
  • Average Price: $8,371
  • Active Listings: 91

MSRP: $1,999

Specifications Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090NVIDIA 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

BenchmarkNVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090NVIDIA 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 @ 396 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1080p)
98th @ 420 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
100th @ 504 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (4K)
97th @ 191 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
100th @ 247 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1440p)
98th @ 345 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
100th @ 436 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1080p)
98th @ 449 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
100th @ 582 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 availableData not available
Quake II RTX (1080p)Data not availableData not available