Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 3 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 7 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 18.83 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 15.06 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 6 March 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16384 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 2235 MHz | 1660 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2520 MHz | 2970 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 450 Watt | 304 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,290 | 760.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 82.58 TFLOPS | 48.66 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 176 | 128 |
| TMUs | 512 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | 512 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 128 | 64 |
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 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 304 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 3-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 2x 8-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 | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1313 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.01 TB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 6 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 450 Watt | 304 Watt |
RTX 4090 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RX 9070 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 48% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4090 and Radeon RX 9070 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
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