In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING is 27 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and has 16384 texture shaders and 128 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, which has 21760 shaders and 170 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
Memory Size
24 GB
32 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR7
Memory Clock
1.313 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
21.0 Gbps
28.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,008 GB/s
1,792 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
512 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING can access 32 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
Base Clock
2.235 GHz
2.017 GHz
Boost Clock
2.520 GHz
2.407 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 2.235 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING is 2.017 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
TDP
450 W
575 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 16-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 450 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING has a TDP of 575 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 110 mm
3 x 110 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
39 dB
--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 2.1b
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING
Length
304 mm
342 mm
Height
137 mm
152 mm
Width
61 mm
70 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
4 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 304 mm long, 137 mm high and 61 mm wide.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING is 342 mm long, 152 mm high and 70 mm wide.
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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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