NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 360 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation has lower TDP (130 W vs 575 W)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 6,144)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 48)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 192)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM20 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width160 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth360 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores6,14421,760▲
RT cores48170▲
Tensor / AI cores192680▲
Base clock1500 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock2175 MHz2410 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 3 (limited apps)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP130 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU450 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 16-pin adapter / 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length241 mm▲304 mm
Slot width1 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs4× DisplayPort3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b