Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 1050

GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 1050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4090
  • + Release year (+6)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+14 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+922 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+256 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+45 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-10 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+73,000M)
  • + CUDA cores (+15616)
  • + TMUs (+464)
  • + ROPs (+152)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+80.36 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+396.94 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1231.80 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+30.9)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+21999)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+40123)
  • + Normalized score (+43.7)
B GeForce GTX 1050
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+4758 MHz)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+477 mm²)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4090
 Component B
GeForce GTX 1050
Release year 2023 (+6) 2017
VRAM (GB) 16 GB (+14 GB) 2 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock (MHz) 2250 MHz 7008 MHz (+4758 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 1034 GB/s (+922 GB/s) 112 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 384 bit (+256 bit) 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 120 W (+45 W) 75 W
Lithography (nm) 4 nm (-10 nm) 14 nm
Transistors (M) 76,300M (+73,000M) 3,300M
Die size (mm²) 609 mm² 132 mm² (+477 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 16,384 (+15616) 768
TMUs 512 (+464) 48
ROPs 176 (+152) 24
RT cores 128 —
Tensor cores 512 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 82.58 TFLOPS (+80.36 TFLOPS) 2.21 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 443.50 GPixel/s (+396.94 GPixel/s) 46.56 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1231.80 GTexel/s) 58.20 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 41.9 (+30.9) 11.0
PassMark (overall) 27,047 (+21999) 5,048
3DMark Time Spy 21,251 —
3DMark Fire Strike 46,191 (+40123) 6,068
Geekbench OpenCL — 17,429
Geekbench Vulkan — 15,766
Normalized score 75.0 (+43.7) 31.3

Only in component A

DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4090 GeForce GTX 1050 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 87 FPS 16 FPS +443.8% (A)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 144 FPS 14 FPS +928.6% (A)
Atlas Fallen 182 FPS 26 FPS +600% (A)
Atomic Heart 144 FPS 20 FPS +620% (A)
Back 4 Blood 309 FPS 40 FPS +672.5% (A)
Baldur's Gate 3 123 FPS 16 FPS +668.8% (A)
Battlefield 5 170 FPS 51 FPS +233.3% (A)
Borderlands 3 162 FPS 23 FPS +604.3% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 147 FPS 21 FPS +600% (A)
Company of Heroes 3 235 FPS 31 FPS +658.1% (A)
Control 184 FPS 17 FPS +982.4% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 300 FPS 65 FPS +361.5% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 147 FPS 24 FPS +512.5% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 98 FPS 14 FPS +600% (A)
Dead Island 2 190 FPS 34 FPS +458.8% (A)
Dead Space Remake 130 FPS 11 FPS +1081.8% (A)
Death Stranding 167 FPS 30 FPS +456.7% (A)
Diablo 4 361 FPS 44 FPS +720.5% (A)
Dota 2 199 FPS 126 FPS +57.9% (A)
Dying Light 2 145 FPS 14 FPS +935.7% (A)
Elden Ring 60 FPS 27 FPS +122.2% (A)
Elex 2 116 FPS 17 FPS +582.4% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 54 FPS +122.2% (A)
F1 2020 344 FPS 47 FPS +631.9% (A)
F1 2021 276 FPS 37 FPS +645.9% (A)
F1 22 199 FPS 38 FPS +423.7% (A)
F1 23 152 FPS 36 FPS +322.2% (A)
Far Cry 5 173 FPS 39 FPS +343.6% (A)
Far Cry 6 103 FPS 24 FPS +329.2% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 145 FPS 36 FPS +302.8% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 122 FPS 18 FPS +577.8% (A)
Fortnite 300 FPS 132 FPS +127.3% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 250 FPS 55 FPS +354.5% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 281 FPS 35 FPS +702.9% (A)
GRID Legends 190 FPS 40 FPS +375% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 154 FPS 66 FPS +133.3% (A)
God of War 167 FPS 16 FPS +943.8% (A)
Guardians of the Galaxy 158 FPS 29 FPS +444.8% (A)
High On Life 211 FPS 27 FPS +681.5% (A)
Hogwarts Legacy 45 FPS 17 FPS +164.7% (A)
Horizon Zero Dawn 174 FPS 24 FPS +625% (A)
Hunt Showdown 262 FPS 28 FPS +835.7% (A)
Mafia Definitive Edition 179 FPS 27 FPS +563% (A)
Metro Exodus 156 FPS 19 FPS +721.1% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Rainbow Six Extraction 346 FPS 36 FPS +861.1% (A)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 135 FPS 16 FPS +743.8% (A)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 218 FPS 24 FPS +808.3% (A)
Returnal 159 FPS 20 FPS +695% (A)
Riders Republic 185 FPS 26 FPS +611.5% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 243 FPS 39 FPS +523.1% (A)
Sons of the Forest 88 FPS 21 FPS +319% (A)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 118 FPS 29 FPS +306.9% (A)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 106 FPS 13 FPS +715.4% (A)
The Callisto Protocol 116 FPS 27 FPS +329.6% (A)
The Last of Us 103 FPS 12 FPS +758.3% (A)
The Quarry 177 FPS 19 FPS +831.6% (A)
The Witcher 3 394 FPS 39 FPS +910.3% (A)
The Witcher 3 290 FPS 29 FPS +900% (A)
The Witcher 3 v4 138 FPS 32 FPS +331.3% (A)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 168 FPS 19 FPS +784.2% (A)
Valorant 350 FPS 100 FPS +250% (A)
Watch Dogs Legion 131 FPS 22 FPS +495.5% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 78 FPS 45 FPS +73.3% (A)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 167 FPS 27 FPS +518.5% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4090 wins 17 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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