GeForce RTX 4090 vs Xe Arctic Sound
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 3 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 31.29 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.70 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Arctic Sound | AD102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | no data | 20 September 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
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Performance to price scatter graph
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Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | 16384 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 450 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 230.4 | 1,290.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 7.373 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 128 | 176 |
| TMUs | 256 | 512 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 512 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 128 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 16 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 72 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 304 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 16-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM2e | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2.4 GB/s | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,229 GB/s | 1.01 TB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 450 Watt |
Xe Arctic Sound has a 33% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 11% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xe Arctic Sound and GeForce RTX 4090. We've got no test results to judge.
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