Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4090
- + Release year (+5)
- + VRAM (GB) (+8 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+586 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+65,500M)
- + CUDA cores (+14080)
- + TMUs (+368)
- + ROPs (+112)
- + RT cores (+92)
- + Tensor cores (+224)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+77.12 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+339.80 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1056.70 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+24.8)
- + PassMark (overall) (+10984)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+14590)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+23005)
- + Normalized score (+4.5)
B
GeForce RTX 2070
- + Die size (mm²) (+164 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4090
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+5) | 2018 |
| VRAM (GB) | 16 GB (+8 GB) | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 1034 GB/s (+586 GB/s) | 448 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 384 bit (+128 bit) | 256 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 120 W (+40 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm (-8 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 76,300M (+65,500M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 609 mm² | 445 mm² (+164 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 16,384 (+14080) | 2,304 |
| TMUs | 512 (+368) | 144 |
| ROPs | 176 (+112) | 64 |
| RT cores | 128 (+92) | 36 |
| Tensor cores | 512 (+224) | 288 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 82.58 TFLOPS (+77.12 TFLOPS) | 5.46 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 443.50 GPixel/s (+339.80 GPixel/s) | 103.70 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1056.70 GTexel/s) | 233.30 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.9 (+24.8) | 17.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 27,047 (+10984) | 16,063 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 21,251 (+14590) | 6,661 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 46,191 (+23005) | 23,186 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 88,437 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 83,408 |
| Normalized score | 75.0 (+4.5) | 70.5 |
Only in component A
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In both
CUDA
DLSS
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce RTX 2070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 144 FPS | 69 FPS | +108.7% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 170 FPS | 92 FPS | +84.8% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 162 FPS | 71 FPS | +128.2% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Control | 184 FPS | 68 FPS | +170.6% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300 FPS | 150 FPS | +100% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 147 FPS | 60 FPS | +145% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 167 FPS | 115 FPS | +45.2% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 199 FPS | 127 FPS | +56.7% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 119 FPS | +0.8% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 344 FPS | 146 FPS | +135.6% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 276 FPS | 139 FPS | +98.6% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 173 FPS | 103 FPS | +68% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 145 FPS | 91 FPS | +59.3% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 122 FPS | 77 FPS | +58.4% (A) |
| Fortnite | 300 FPS | 122 FPS | +145.9% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 250 FPS | 121 FPS | +106.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 281 FPS | 85 FPS | +230.6% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 154 FPS | 127 FPS | +21.3% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 174 FPS | 85 FPS | +104.7% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 262 FPS | 101 FPS | +159.4% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 179 FPS | 90 FPS | +98.9% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 156 FPS | 61 FPS | +155.7% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 218 FPS | 65 FPS | +235.4% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 243 FPS | 149 FPS | +63.1% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 394 FPS | 122 FPS | +223% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 290 FPS | 116 FPS | +150% (A) |
| Valorant | 350 FPS | 180 FPS | +94.4% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 131 FPS | 82 FPS | +59.8% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 78 FPS | 72 FPS | +8.3% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 167 FPS | 96 FPS | +74% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4090 wins 20 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).