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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 60%, including 60% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 25,820). On qwen3:32b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 generates 650.0 tokens/s (per Spheron Blog) against 61.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. Released 2022 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090), 2025 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090). MSRP range: $1,599 · $1,999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
vram gb 2432
vram type GDDR6XGDDR7
tdp w 450575
cuda cores 1638421760

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from TechPowerUp, HWBOT, 3DMark, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net, Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews, The FPS Review, UL Benchmarks, Tom's Hardware, Club386, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread and Puget Systems; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, HWBOT, 3DMark, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net		 25,820 points41,238 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 10,527 points14,457 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, 3DMark, UL Benchmarks, LanOC Reviews		 27,805 points13,050 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —14,133 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) (higher is better)
Source: Club386		 93 fps—
3DMark Steel Nomad (Vulkan) (higher is better)
Source: Club386		 103 fps—
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review		 11,287 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, 3DMark		 37,979 points39,365 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, The FPS Review		 29,321 pts—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 19,000 pts—
3DMark Time Spy GPU (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 35,200 pts—
Deep Learning Benchmark (ResNet-50) (higher is better)
Source: Puget Systems		 128,000 images/sec—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 60%, including 60% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 25,820).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:32b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 generates 650.0 tokens/s (per Spheron Blog) against 61.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 launched at a $1,599 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at $1,999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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