In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z and the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z is 352 % faster than the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada.
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING ZNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and has 21760 texture shaders and 170 execution units.
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada is based on NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada, which has 6144 shaders and 48 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
Memory Size
32 GB
20 GB
Memory Type
GDDR7
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
28.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,792 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
512 bit
160 bit
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The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z has 32 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR7 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada can access 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
Base Clock
2.017 GHz
1.500 GHz
Boost Clock
2.775 GHz
2.175 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z clocks in the base with up to 2.017 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada is 1.500 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
TDP
800 W
130 W
TDP (up)
1,000 W
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Tjunction max
90 °C
Unknown
PCIe-Power
2 x 16-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z is 800 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 16-Pin connector.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
Fan-Type
Axial (Radiator)
Radial
Fan 1
3 x 120 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z has a total of 3 Axial (Radiator) fans.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1b
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DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1b
4x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
MSI Mystic Light
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
Length
260 mm
241 mm
Height
151 mm
112 mm
Width
61 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
1 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z is 260 mm long, 151 mm high and 61 mm wide.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada is 241 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as 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.
FP32 (TFLOPS) MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z +352.0 %
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