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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom is 23 % faster than the Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS.
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.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
Memory Size
32 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR7
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.313 GHz
Memory Speed
28.0 Gbps
21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,792 GB/s
1,008 GB/s
Memory Interface
512 bit
384 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
Base Clock
2.017 GHz
2.235 GHz
Boost Clock
2.407 GHz
2.610 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
TDP
575 W
450 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 16-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 100 mm
3 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1b
1x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1b
3x DP 1.4a
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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.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
Addressable LED
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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).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS
Length
332 mm
329 mm
Height
146 mm
142 mm
Width
70 mm
70 mm
Width (Slots)
4 Slots
4 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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