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GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT

Compare the GeForce RTX 4090 and Radeon RX 9070 XT on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

GeForce RTX 4090
From$4,799.99
Buy at Amazon
Radeon RX 9070 XT
From$949.99
Buy at Newegg

The short answer

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is the better value, though the GeForce RTX 4090 is the faster card at 4K.

  • GeForce RTX 4090 is about 40% faster at 4K (gaming index 81 vs 58).
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 405%.
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers about 261% more frames per dollar at 4K.
  • GeForce RTX 4090 carries more VRAM (24GB vs 16GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT draws less power (304W vs 450W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

4K gaming
GeForce RTX 409081
Radeon RX 9070 XT58

GeForce RTX 4090 is about 40% faster at 4K.

Performance per dollar

4K gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 4090

1.7

per $100 spent

Radeon RX 9070 XT

6.1

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 4090
Radeon RX 9070 XT
Price (from)
$4,799.99
$949.99
4K gaming index
81
58
VRAM
24GB GDDR6X
16GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
1008 GB/s
640 GB/s
Boost clock
2520 MHz
2970 MHz
Shader cores
16,384
4,096
Ray tracing cores
128
64
Tensor / AI cores
512
128
TDP
450W
304W
Recommended PSU
850W
750W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
FSR 4.1 (ML upscaling), FSR 3 Frame Generation
Architecture
Ada Lovelace AD102
RDNA 4 Navi 48
Process node
TSMC 4N
TSMC N4P
MSRP
$1,599.00
$600.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 4090
Radeon RX 9070 XT
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
75,641
62,189
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
9,237
7,238
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
284,304
169,974
Render-Blender (samples/min)
11,688
3,357

Where to buy

Radeon RX 9070 XTfrom $949.99
From$949.99
25 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 4090from $4,799.99
From$4,799.99
1 version in stock

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