Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
332
242
231
183
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p High301183
1080p Ultra258155
1440p Ultra209122
4K Ultra12670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spy4751520901
Solar Bay21322997900
Port Royal3752913112
Fire Strike9020050143
Night Raid209016164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blur333 frames/s359.5 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s210 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Mark14441178
DirectX 11344 fps274 fps
DirectX 12195 fps108 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1132.4 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps840.6 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps4325.3 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps290.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.77090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 17, 2024
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB202-300-A1 AD104
Price 1999 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 21760 7168
TMUs 680 224
ROPs 176 80
Execution Units 170 56
Ray Tracing Cores 170 56
Tensor Cores 680 224
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 198 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 220 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 512 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
504.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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