AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (512 vs 0)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher Shading cores (16,384 vs 4,096)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher RT cores (128 vs 64)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1008 GB/s vs 644.6 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher VRAM (24 GB vs 16 GB)
Full spec comparison
Spec
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Performance
VRAM16 GB24 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory bus width256 bit384 bit▲
Memory bandwidth644.6 GB/s1008 GB/s▲
Shading cores4,09616,384▲
RT cores64128▲
Tensor / AI cores0512▲
Base clock2400 MHz▲2235 MHz
Boost clock2970 MHz▲2520 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techFSR 4DLSS 3 (Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP304 W▲450 W
Recommended PSU750 W▲850 W
Power connector1× 16-pin or 2× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12VHPWR)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Card length308 mm304 mm▲
Slot width2.5 slots▲3.5 slots
Display outputs2× DisplayPort 2.1, 2× HDMI 2.1b3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.1