Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom has 21760 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.41 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 104.80 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS has 16384 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.61 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 85.53 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom is equipped with a graphics chip of the Blackwell architecture, which has 170 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 128 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GB202-300-A1 GPU Chip AD102-300-A1
Blackwell Architecture Ada Lovelace
170 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
21760 Shader 16384
176 Render Output Units 176
680 Texture Units 512
170 Raytracing Cores 128

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom is equipped with a 32 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

32 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
28.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
1792 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1008 GB/s
512 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom has a turbo clock of 2.407 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS is 2.610 GHz.

2.017 GHz Base Clock 2.235 GHz
2.407 GHz Boost Clock 2.610 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

575 W (Reference) TDP 450 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom is 70 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS is 70 mm and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

332 mm Length 329 mm
146 mm Height 142 mm
70 mm Width 70 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom was released in Q1/2025.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

NE75090019R5-GB2020P Part-no NED4090S19SB-1020P
Q1/2025 Release date Q4/2022
2,329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,999 $
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
96 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
192 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
83 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
147 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
191 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
192 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
207 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
24 GB GDDR6X
207 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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