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Graphics card

GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Compared by performance index, specifications and load profile. The per-parameter difference comes first; the index follows.

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Verdict

GeForce RTX 4090 is 151% faster on the performance index.

The gap is decisive — these are different classes.

GeForce RTX 4090 leads on 5 parameters, Radeon RX 5500 XT on 0.

Specification source: A — NVIDIA; B — AMD. Specifications verified on 2026-07-27

Key differences

GeForce RTX 4090

Strengths

  • Ray tracing
  • Rasterization
  • Memory bandwidth

Trade-offs

  • level

Radeon RX 5500 XT

Strengths

  • level

Trade-offs

  • Ray tracing
  • Rasterization
  • Memory bandwidth

Difference per parameter

  • Rasterization

    340
    48

  • Ray tracing

    300
    12

  • Video memory

    24 GB
    8 GB

  • Power efficiency

    450 W
    130 W

  • Memory bandwidth

    384-bit GDDR6X
    128-bit GDDR6

Profile of both sides

RasterizationRay tracingVideo memoryPower efficiencyMemory bandwidth
GeForce RTX 4090Radeon RX 5500 XT

Specifications side by side

Side AGeForce RTX 4090Side BRadeon RX 5500 XT
Performance index340better48
Ray tracing index300better12
Video memory24 GBbetter8 GB
Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Memory bus384 bitbetter128 bit
Boost clock2520 MHzbetter1845 MHz
Power draw (TDP)450 W130 Wbetter
UpscalerDLSSFSR
Process nodeTSMC 4 nmTSMC 7 nm
ReleasedQ4 2022Q4 2019

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Deltas are computed from the EasyX-X catalog: relative performance indices and the vendor’s own published specifications. We do not copy third-party benchmark tables.