GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 vs Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+

Faster

NVIDIA

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090

Overall performance index

74,8

Rank 2 of 30 tested cards

AMD

Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+

Overall performance index

53,6

Rank 10 of 30 tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 is 39,5% faster on average

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+

Individual tests: GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 wins 38, Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ wins 3 (41 shared tests)

Performance by resolution

Full HD (1080p) +24,2 % 123,0fps 99,0fps 4K without ray tracing +36,9 % 115,0fps 84,0fps 4K with ray tracing +37,5 % 99,0fps 72,0fps 8K +62,1 % 94,0fps 58,0fps

Game benchmarks

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Avg. Full HD (1080p) – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +24,2 %

Individual results (22 tests)

3D Mark Fire Strike Extreme Graphic Score 45.499 Punkte 35.556 Punkte +28,0 %

3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra Graphic Score 25.111 Punkte 18.265 Punkte +37,5 %

3D Mark Port Royal v1.32560x1440 26.209 Punkte 18.868 Punkte +38,9 %

3D Mark Port Royal v1.32560x1440 121,3 fps 87,4 fps +38,9 %

3D Mark SpeedWay2560x1440,DX12 Ultimate,fps 101,9 fps 64,0 fps +59,2 %

3D Mark SpeedWay2560x1440,DX12 Ultimate,Score 10.188 Punkte 6.400 Punkte +59,2 %

3D Mark Time Spy Extreme Graphic Score 19.079 Punkte 14.770 Punkte +29,2 %

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark1920x1080, Cinematic,100%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,No Raytracing 94,0 fps 70,0 fps +34,3 %

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark1920x1080, Cinematic,100%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,Raytracing-Very-High 68,0 fps 25,0 fps +172,0 %

Final Fantasy XV BenchmarkHighest,kein DLSS, 1080p 20.818 Punkte 14.241 Punkte +46,2 %

Fortnite1920x1080 172,7 fps 188,4 fps +9,1 %

Fortnite 1920x1080 P99 240,0 fps 290,6 fps +21,1 %

Fortnite P0.1 53,2 fps 77,8 fps +46,2 %

Geekbench 6.4.0 OpenCL 324.920 Punkte 129.901 Punkte +150,1 %

Geekbench 6.4.0 VULKAN 253.953 Punkte 150.158 Punkte +69,1 %

Metro Exodus P0.1 68,4 fps 43,0 fps +59,1 %

Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark1920x1080, Ultra+NoDLSS,No-Raytracing 122,7 fps 120,2 fps +2,1 %

Synthetische Benchmarks 1.007 Rating 534,0 Rating +88,6 %

Unigine Superposition1080p Extreme 158,5 fps 112,1 fps +41,4 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme min FPS 125,1 fps 76,6 fps +63,4 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme max FPS 182,7 fps 135,1 fps +35,2 %

Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme Punkte 21.191 fps 14.990 fps +41,4 %

Avg. 4K without ray tracing – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +36,9 %

Individual results (9 tests)

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark3840x2160, Cinematic,50%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,No Raytracing 87,0 fps 66,0 fps +31,8 %

Cyberpunk 2077Ultra Preset, 3840x2160 75,5 fps 63,9 fps +18,1 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 Ultra 3840x2160 min 60,0 fps 52,9 fps +13,3 %

Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 3840x2160 max 95,2 fps 80,4 fps +18,5 %

Final Fantasy XV BenchmarkHighest,kein DLSS,3840x2160 11.215 Punkte 7.035 Punkte +59,4 %

Metro Exodus Ehanced Edition3840x2160 / Extreme 139,4 fps 94,5 fps +47,5 %

Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark3840x2160, Ultra+NoDLSS,No-Raytracing 75,6 fps 61,7 fps +22,5 %

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderUltra, 3840x2160 183,0 fps 122,0 fps +50,0 %

Shadow of the Tomb RaiderUltra, 3840x2160 28.682 fps 19.261 fps +48,9 %

Avg. 4K with ray tracing – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +37,5 %

Individual results (8 tests)

Black Myth Wukong Benchmark3840x2160, Cinematic,50%, DLSS/FSR, No FrameGeneration,Raytracing-Very-High 65,0 fps 24,0 fps +170,8 %

Cyberpunk 2077Low RayTracing Low OHNE DLSS-FSR, 3840x2160 67,7 fps 57,2 fps +18,5 %

Cyberpunk 2077RayTracing Low DLSS / FSR2.1 3840x2160 121,9 fps 111,7 fps +9,1 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 RayTracing DLSS 3840x2160 min 109,4 fps 99,4 fps +10,1 %

Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 RayTracing Low 3840x2160 min 54,5 fps 48,1 fps +13,2 %

Cyberpunk 2077 Low RayTracing Low 3840x2160 max 85,5 fps 69,9 fps +22,4 %

Cyberpunk 2077 RayTracing DLSS 3840x2160 max 146,8 fps 135,3 fps +8,5 %

Metro Exodus P99. Moscow3840x2160 DXR,Ultra,no DLSS 259,0 fps 144,5 fps +79,2 %

Avg. 8K – all tested cards

GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090 +62,1 %

Individual results (2 tests)

Unigine Superposition8k Extreme 94,4 fps 57,9 fps +63,2 %

Unigine Superposition 8k Optimized 12.626 fps 7.734 fps +63,3 %

Price / performance

Each dot is a tested card – the further up and left, the more performance per euro.

Specifications

Key details

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	n/a
Generation	Ada Lovelace	n/a
Type	Desktop GPU	Desktop GPU

Detailed specifications

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Shader processors (CUDA / stream)	16,384	n/a
Compute units / SMs	n/a	64
RT cores	n/a	64
Tensor cores	n/a	128
Base clock	2,230 MHz	2,400 MHz
Boost clock	2,520 MHz	2,970 MHz
Power draw (TDP/TGP)	450 W	n/a
FP32 performance	83.0 TFLOPS	n/a

VRAM capacity and type

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Memory size	24 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	n/a
Memory bandwidth	n/a	640,0 GB/s

Form factor and compatibility

	GigaByte GeForce RTX 4090	Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+
Interface	PCIe Gen 4	PCIe® 5.0 x16

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