NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared
Side-by-side comparison of 2 GPU parts: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs 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 — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.
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% (60% in 3DMark Port Royal). On llama3.1:70b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 generates 19.1 tokens/s against 18.5 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (best community run on file for each).
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Where to buy
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Specs side-by-side
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 24 | 32 |
| vram type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 450 | 575 |
| cuda cores | 16384 | 21760 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) | 25,820 points | 41,238 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) | 10,527 points | 15,488 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) | 27,805 points | 11,906 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better) | — | 14,133 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) | 11,287 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) | 37,979 points | 39,365 pts |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) | 29,321 pts | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better) | 19,000 pts | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy GPU (higher is better) | 35,200 pts | — |
| Deep Learning Benchmark (ResNet-50) (higher is better) | 128,000 images/sec | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) | 1,302 pts | 1,412 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) | 38,066 pts | 38,935 pts |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
- llama3.1:8b: 2550.0 tok/s
- qwen3:32b: 650.0 tok/s
- llama3:8b: 440.0 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
- Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct: 5841.0 tok/s
- Llama 3.1 8B FP8: 420.0 tok/s
- Llama 2 7B: 263.6 tok/s
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% (60% in 3DMark Port Royal).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama3.1:70b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 generates 19.1 tokens/s against 18.5 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (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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