Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC Desktop GPU review: High end performance with a price to match

4K gaming with no limits.

The RTX 4000 series heralded a new era of desktop graphics cards, simultaneously retiring the two year old RTX 3000 generation. The top model, the GeForce RTX 4090, has been available since the middle of October. We took the opportunity to take a closer look at its performance using the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC as an example. Find out how well the new high end model from Nvidia performs in our review.

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The Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC - video outputs

Nvidia's new top model bears the name GeForce RTX 4090 and has a whopping 24 GB VRAM, like its predecessor. Consequently, it is increasingly establishing itself as the standard in the high end segment of consumer graphics cards. AMD's recently unveiled Radeon RX 7900 XTX is similarly following suit and comes equipped with 24 GB VRAM.

For this review, we are using the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC which, visually speaking, differs greatly from the Founders Edition. The 3.5 slot cooling design requires considerable space inside the case and is fitted with three 90 millimetre fans. The rumored 600 watt power dissipation of the new high end graphic cards is the reason for this powerful cooling construction and can be found throughout the entire GeForce RTX 4090 series, independent of the manufacturer. It has something positive going for it as neither chip nor VRAM temperature problems are anywhere to be seen - that much we can already reveal. Ultimately, the graphics card power draw is 450 watts.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC model is a real eye-catcher due to the so-called Midnight Kaleidoscope Design, including subtle RGB lighting. At just under 2 kg (4.4 pounds) our review sample belongs to the lightweights when compared to other RTX 4090 graphics cards. Nevertheless, a graphics card holder is included in the box, helping suppport the card's horizontal installation. In addition, there's also the much talked about mains adapter which merges four 8 pin power connectors onto the graphics card's new 12VHPWR connector. At this point, we don't want to go into the technical build and accuracy. However, the adapter should be handled with care in order to avoid potential malfunction. We recommend using an appropriate connector cable from the power supply manufacturer. All of our tests have been carried out with the corresponding adapter, so far without encountering any problems.

Externally, the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC comes with 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a.

Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC vs. electronic scales

Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC vs. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Flagship GeForce graphics cards: Specs

	RTX 4090 (FE)	RTX 4080	RTX 3090 Ti	RTX 3090 (FE)	RTX 3080 Ti (FE)	RTX 3080 (FE)	Titan RTX
GPU	AD102	AD103	GA102	GA102	GA102	GA102	TU102
FinFET process	4 nm	4 nm	8 nm	8 nm	8 nm	8 nm	12 nm
CUDA Cores	16,384	9,728	10,752	10,496	10,240	8,704	4,608
Texture Units	512	304	336	328	320	272	288
Tensor Cores	512 Gen 4	304 Gen 4	336 Gen 3	328 Gen 3	320 Gen 3	272 Gen 3	576 Gen 2
RT Cores	128	76	84	82	80	68	72
GPU Base clock speed	2,235 MHz	2,205	1,560 MHz	1,395 MHz	1,365 MHz	1,440 MHz	1,350 MHz
GPU Boost clock speed	2,520 MHz	2,505	1,860 MHz	1,695 MHz	1,665 MHz	1,710 MHz	1,770 MHz
Memory bus	384 bit	256 bits	384 bits	384 bits	384 bits	320 bits	384 bits
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	735,7 GB/s	1,008 GB/s	936 GB/s	912,4 GB/s	760 GB/s	672 GB/s
VRAM	24 GB GDDR6X	16 GB GDDR6X	24 GB GDDR6X	24 GB GDDR6X	12 GB GDDR6X	10 GB GDDR6X	24 GB GDDR6
Power consumption	450 W	320 W	450 W	350 W	350 W	320 W	280 W

Our review unit with AMD Ryzen 9 7950X as a basis

As our test system, we used a current AMD platform based on the Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master motherboard. The CPU (AMD Ryzen 9 7950X) offers good CPU performance and for cooling we used an AiO solution from Alphacool (Alphacool Eisbear Aurora 360 mm). The 32 GB RAM comes from G.Skill and uses a suitable EXPO profile. The monitor we used was the Gigabyte M32U.

Details of our system

For the following benchmarks and tests we used this system:

Lian-Li O11 Dynamic
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master, BIOS: F8a
Alphacool Eisbear 360 AiO
Corsair RM 1000x power supply
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 2x 16 GB, EXPO (DDR5-6000 CL30-38-38-96)
Corsair MP600 2 TB
Crucial MX500 2 TB
Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64-Bit (Version 22H2)

Synthetic Benchmarks

The synthetic tests already clearly demonstrate what the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 is capable of. The performance of the current top models is almost completely pulverized and in the overall synthetic benchmark rating the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC outperforms the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti by 52 percent. The previous top model from AMD (AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT) finds itself further back in the pack and takes fourth place behind the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition.

Performance Rating - Percent
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	91.1 pt
NVIDIA Titan RTX	60.5 pt
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	58.8 pt
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	57.3 pt
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ^-8!	55.5 pt
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	55.4 pt
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	47.1 pt

3DMark
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	36836 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	21719 Points -41%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	21645 Points -41%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	19467 Points -47%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	18210 Points -51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	17956 Points -51%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	15106 Points -59%
Fire Strike Extreme Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	46270 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	29704 Points -36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	26797 Points -42%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	26650 Points -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	24730 Points -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	22078 Points -52%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	17759 Points -62%
3840x2160 Fire Strike Ultra Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	25018 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	14978 Points -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	14026 Points -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	13370 Points -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	12587 Points -50%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	11340 Points -55%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	8755 Points -65%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	72678 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	60092 Points -17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	53110 Points -27%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	50587 Points -30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	48831 Points -33%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	44533 Points -39%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	37257 Points -49%

Unigine Superposition
7680x4320 8k Optimized
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	13082 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	8213 Points -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	7051 Points -46%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	6645 Points -49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	6548 Points -50%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	5764 Points -56%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	5402 Points -59%
3840x2160 4k Optimized
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	33943 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	18426 Points -46%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	17725 Points -48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	16188 Points -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	14986 Points -56%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	14955 Points -56%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	12050 Points -64%
1920x1080 1080p Extreme
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	21824 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	13803 Points -37%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	12079 Points -45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	12059 Points -45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	11424 Points -48%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	10683 Points -51%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	9014 Points -59%
1920x1080 1080p High
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	46814 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	29422 Points -37%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	28478 Points -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	26320 Points -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	25029 Points -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	24051 Points -49%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	20335 Points -57%
1280x720 720p Low
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	51741 Points
NVIDIA Titan RTX	50876 Points -2%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	50487 Points -2%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	45444 Points -12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	38209 Points -26%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	37023 Points -28%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	33955 Points -34%

Unigine Heaven 4.0
Extreme Preset DX11
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	491.5 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	309.7 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	308.5 (9.7^min - 627.1^max) fps -37%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	293.8 fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	274.3 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	259.5 (49.3^min - 537.2^max) fps -47%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	248.1 fps -50%
Extreme Preset OpenGL
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	450.4 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	292.5 (11.4^min - 577.9^max) fps -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	274.7 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	251.4 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	222.7 fps -51%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	218 fps -52%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	206.5 (8.2^min - 453.7^max) fps -54%

Unigine Valley 1.0
1920x1080 Extreme HD DirectX AA:x8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	270.7 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	235.4 fps -13%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	209.2 fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	203.8 fps -25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	201.7 (48.5^min - 338.7^max) fps -25%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	200.8 (53.4^min - 359.1^max) fps -26%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	191.4 fps -29%
1920x1080 Extreme HD Preset OpenGL AA:x8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	288 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	208.4 (49.3^min - 353^max) fps -28%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	205.8 fps -29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	186.1 fps -35%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	176.9 fps -39%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	167.4 (56.7^min - 375.7^max) fps -42%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	160.8 fps -44%

3DMark 11
1280x720 Performance GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	107723 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	70480 Points -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	69481 Points -36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	62735 Points -42%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	59119 Points -45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	56634 Points -47%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	50900 Points -53%
1280x720 Performance
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	69323 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	49471 Points -29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	48185 Points -30%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	44979 Points -35%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	44827 Points -35%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	42418 Points -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	41410 Points -40%

SPECviewperf 12
1900x1060 Solidworks (sw-03)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	207 fps +64%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	167 fps +33%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	157 fps +25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	126 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	105 fps -17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	85.7 fps -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	73.8 fps -41%
1900x1060 Siemens NX (snx-02)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	283 fps +944%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	49.4 fps +82%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	47.7 fps +76%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	27.1 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	16.4 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	15.6 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	12 fps -56%
1900x1060 Showcase (showcase-01)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	457 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	308 fps -33%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	265 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	262 fps -43%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	241 fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	226 fps -51%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	197 fps -57%
1900x1060 Medical (medical-01)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	119 fps
NVIDIA Titan RTX	101 fps -15%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	88.4 fps -26%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	87.1 fps -27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	85.8 fps -28%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	58.3 fps -51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	40.3 fps -66%
1900x1060 Maya (maya-04)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	317 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	302 fps -5%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	260 fps -18%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	197 fps -38%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	151 fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	139 fps -56%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	90.7 fps -71%
1900x1060 Energy (energy-01)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	54.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	30.8 fps -44%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	28.8 fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	27.6 fps -50%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	25.6 fps -53%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	23 fps -58%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	17.2 fps -69%
1900x1060 Creo (creo-01)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	197 fps +71%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	127 fps +10%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	115 fps 0%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	115 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	93.7 fps -19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	76.4 fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	74.4 fps -35%
1900x1060 Catia (catia-04)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	332 fps +29%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	292 fps +14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	257 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	199 fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	167 fps -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	150 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	79.1 fps -69%
1900x1060 3ds Max (3dsmax-05)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	571 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	484 fps -15%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	389 fps -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	371 fps -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	334 fps -42%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	318 fps -44%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	315 fps -45%

SPECviewperf 13
Solidworks (sw-04)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	218 fps +17%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	214 fps +15%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	210 fps +13%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	186 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	151 fps -19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	118 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	108 fps -42%
Siemens NX (snx-03)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	512 fps +943%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	89.7 fps +83%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	85.8 fps +75%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	49.1 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	29.7 fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	28 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	26.3 fps -46%
Showcase (showcase-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	455 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	312 fps -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	265 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	262 fps -42%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	241 fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	228 fps -50%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	198 fps -56%
Medical (medical-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	186 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	157 fps -16%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	148 fps -20%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	113 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	106 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	102 fps -45%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	92 fps -51%
Maya (maya-05)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	715 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	556 fps -22%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	499 fps -30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	493 fps -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	460 fps -36%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	395 fps -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	372 fps -48%
Energy (energy-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	126 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	60.6 fps -52%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	60.3 fps -52%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	51.8 fps -59%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	48.4 fps -62%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	43.8 fps -65%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	37.6 fps -70%
Creo (creo-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	552 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	392 fps -29%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	386 fps -30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	353 fps -36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	324 fps -41%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	323 fps -41%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	292 fps -47%
Catia (catia-05)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	534 fps +33%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	468 fps +16%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	450 fps +12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	402 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	252 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	230 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	206 fps -49%
3ds Max (3dsmax-06)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	563 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	483 fps -14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	387 fps -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	373 fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	334 fps -41%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	321 fps -43%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	317 fps -44%

SPECviewperf 2020
3840x2160 3ds Max (3dsmax-07)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	228 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	145 fps -36%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	144 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	141 fps -38%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	128 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	121 fps -47%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	118 fps -48%
3840x2160 CATIA (catia-06)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	95.3 fps
NVIDIA Titan RTX	90.9 fps -5%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	58.6 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	58.5 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	53.7 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	53 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	44.6 fps -53%
3840x2160 Creo (creo-03)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	135 fps +2%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	133 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	115 fps -14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	90 fps -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	84.5 fps -36%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	73.1 fps -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	65.4 fps -51%
3840x2160 Energy (energy-03)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	141 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	96.6 fps -31%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	93.9 fps -33%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	47.6 fps -66%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	37.2 fps -74%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	32.6 fps -77%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	31.6 fps -78%
3840x2160 Maya (maya-06)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	498 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	356 fps -29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	353 fps -29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	314 fps -37%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	296 fps -41%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	274 fps -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	266 fps -47%
3840x2160 Medical (medical-03)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	45.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	34.4 fps -25%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	30.4 fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	22.2 fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	20 fps -56%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	18.8 fps -59%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	16.5 fps -64%
3840x2160 Siemens NX (snx-04)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	375 fps +808%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	88.6 fps +115%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	85 fps +106%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	41.3 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	24.7 fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	23.7 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	21.8 fps -47%

ComputeMark v2.1
1024x600 Normal, QJuliaRayTrace
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	34332 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	17713 Points -48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	15594 Points -55%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	13580 Points -60%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	12255 Points -64%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	10129 Points -70%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Scalar
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	22889 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	11854 Points -48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	11270 Points -51%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	10834 Points -53%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	9698 Points -58%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	6406 Points -72%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Vector
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	17336 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	9861 Points -43%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	9555 Points -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	8690 Points -50%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	8326 Points -52%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	5440 Points -69%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 2DTexArr
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	6891 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	4517 Points -34%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	4455 Points -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	4175 Points -39%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	3924 Points -43%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	3828 Points -44%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 3DTex
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	10724 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	5515 Points -49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	5501 Points -49%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	5154 Points -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	4900 Points -54%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	4027 Points -62%
1024x600 Normal, Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	92171 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	48862 Points -47%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	44959 Points -51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	42692 Points -54%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	40857 Points -56%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	29830 Points -68%

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit
Sala GPUs-only
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	31954 Samples/s +17%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	31400 Samples/s +15%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	27201 Samples/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	14990 Samples/s -45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	14204 Samples/s -48%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	10996 Samples/s -60%
Room GPUs-only
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	12316 Samples/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	5948 Samples/s -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	5768 Samples/s -53%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	5097 Samples/s -59%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	5084 Samples/s -59%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	4703 Samples/s -62%

Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC with Ryzen 9 vs. Core i9

Performance Rating - Percent
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	98 pt
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	97.9 pt

3DMark
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	36956 Points 0%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	36836 Points
Fire Strike Extreme Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	46270 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	44997 Points -3%
3840x2160 Fire Strike Ultra Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	25026 Points 0%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	25018 Points
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	72678 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	62091 Points -15%

Unigine Superposition
7680x4320 8k Optimized
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	13082 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	13071 Points 0%
3840x2160 4k Optimized
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	33987 Points 0%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	33943 Points
1920x1080 1080p Extreme
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	21867 Points 0%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	21824 Points
1920x1080 1080p High
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	48721 Points +4%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	46814 Points
1280x720 720p Low
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	55489 Points +7%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	51741 Points

Unigine Heaven 4.0
Extreme Preset DX11
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	491.5 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	490.7 fps 0%
Extreme Preset OpenGL
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	459.2 fps +2%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	450.4 fps

Unigine Valley 1.0
1920x1080 Extreme HD DirectX AA:x8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	292 fps +8%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	270.7 fps
1920x1080 Extreme HD Preset OpenGL AA:x8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	316.1 fps +10%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	288 fps

3DMark 11
1280x720 Performance GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	107723 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	102284 Points -5%
1280x720 Performance
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	69323 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900K	62839 Points -9%

Compute Benchmarks and professional applications

ComputeMark v2.1
1024x600 Normal, QJuliaRayTrace
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	34332 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	17713 Points -48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	15594 Points -55%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	13580 Points -60%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	12255 Points -64%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	10129 Points -70%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Scalar
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	22889 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	11854 Points -48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	11270 Points -51%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	10834 Points -53%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	9698 Points -58%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	6406 Points -72%
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Vector
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	17336 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	9861 Points -43%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	9555 Points -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	8690 Points -50%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	8326 Points -52%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	5440 Points -69%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 2DTexArr
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	6891 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	4517 Points -34%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	4455 Points -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	4175 Points -39%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	3924 Points -43%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	3828 Points -44%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 3DTex
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	10724 Points
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	5515 Points -49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	5501 Points -49%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	5154 Points -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	4900 Points -54%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	4027 Points -62%
1024x600 Normal, Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	92171 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	48862 Points -47%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	44959 Points -51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	42692 Points -54%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	40857 Points -56%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	29830 Points -68%

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit
Sala GPUs-only
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	31954 Samples/s +17%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	31400 Samples/s +15%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	27201 Samples/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	14990 Samples/s -45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	14204 Samples/s -48%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	10996 Samples/s -60%
Room GPUs-only
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	12316 Samples/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	5948 Samples/s -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	5768 Samples/s -53%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	5097 Samples/s -59%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	5084 Samples/s -59%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	4703 Samples/s -62%

SPECviewperf 2020
3840x2160 3ds Max (3dsmax-07)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	228 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	145 fps -36%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	144 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	141 fps -38%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	128 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	121 fps -47%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	118 fps -48%
3840x2160 CATIA (catia-06)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	95.3 fps
NVIDIA Titan RTX	90.9 fps -5%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	58.6 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	58.5 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	53.7 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	53 fps -44%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	44.6 fps -53%
3840x2160 Creo (creo-03)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	135 fps +2%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	133 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	115 fps -14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	90 fps -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	84.5 fps -36%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	73.1 fps -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	65.4 fps -51%
3840x2160 Energy (energy-03)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	141 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	96.6 fps -31%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	93.9 fps -33%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	47.6 fps -66%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	37.2 fps -74%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	32.6 fps -77%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	31.6 fps -78%
3840x2160 Maya (maya-06)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	498 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	356 fps -29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	353 fps -29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	314 fps -37%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	296 fps -41%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	274 fps -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	266 fps -47%
3840x2160 Medical (medical-03)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	45.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	34.4 fps -25%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	30.4 fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	22.2 fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	20 fps -56%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	18.8 fps -59%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	16.5 fps -64%
3840x2160 Siemens NX (snx-04)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	375 fps +808%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	88.6 fps +115%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	85 fps +106%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	41.3 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	24.7 fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	23.7 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	21.8 fps -47%
3840x2160 Solidworks (solidworks-05)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	197 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	189 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	175 fps
NVIDIA Titan RTX	158 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	125 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	112 fps

SPECviewperf 13
Solidworks (sw-04)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	218 fps +17%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	214 fps +15%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	210 fps +13%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	186 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	151 fps -19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	118 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	108 fps -42%
Siemens NX (snx-03)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	512 fps +943%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	89.7 fps +83%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	85.8 fps +75%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	49.1 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	29.7 fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	28 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	26.3 fps -46%
Showcase (showcase-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	455 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	312 fps -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	265 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	262 fps -42%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	241 fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	228 fps -50%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	198 fps -56%
Medical (medical-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	186 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	157 fps -16%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	148 fps -20%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	113 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	106 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	102 fps -45%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	92 fps -51%
Maya (maya-05)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	715 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	556 fps -22%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	499 fps -30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	493 fps -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	460 fps -36%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	395 fps -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	372 fps -48%
Energy (energy-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	126 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	60.6 fps -52%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	60.3 fps -52%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	51.8 fps -59%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	48.4 fps -62%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	43.8 fps -65%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	37.6 fps -70%
Creo (creo-02)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	552 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	392 fps -29%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	386 fps -30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	353 fps -36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	324 fps -41%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	323 fps -41%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	292 fps -47%
Catia (catia-05)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	534 fps +33%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	468 fps +16%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	450 fps +12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	402 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	252 fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	230 fps -43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	206 fps -49%
3ds Max (3dsmax-06)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	563 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	483 fps -14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	387 fps -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	373 fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	334 fps -41%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	321 fps -43%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	317 fps -44%

SPECviewperf 12
1900x1060 Solidworks (sw-03)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	207 fps +64%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	167 fps +33%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	157 fps +25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	126 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	105 fps -17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	85.7 fps -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	73.8 fps -41%
1900x1060 Siemens NX (snx-02)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	283 fps +944%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	49.4 fps +82%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	47.7 fps +76%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	27.1 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	16.4 fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	15.6 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	12 fps -56%
1900x1060 Showcase (showcase-01)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	457 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	308 fps -33%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	265 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	262 fps -43%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	241 fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	226 fps -51%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	197 fps -57%
1900x1060 Medical (medical-01)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	119 fps
NVIDIA Titan RTX	101 fps -15%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	88.4 fps -26%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	87.1 fps -27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	85.8 fps -28%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	58.3 fps -51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	40.3 fps -66%
1900x1060 Maya (maya-04)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	317 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	302 fps -5%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	260 fps -18%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	197 fps -38%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	151 fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	139 fps -56%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	90.7 fps -71%
1900x1060 Energy (energy-01)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	54.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	30.8 fps -44%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	28.8 fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	27.6 fps -50%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	25.6 fps -53%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	23 fps -58%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	17.2 fps -69%
1900x1060 Creo (creo-01)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	197 fps +71%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	127 fps +10%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	115 fps 0%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	115 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	93.7 fps -19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	76.4 fps -34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	74.4 fps -35%
1900x1060 Catia (catia-04)
NVIDIA Titan RTX	332 fps +29%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	292 fps +14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	257 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	199 fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	167 fps -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	150 fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	79.1 fps -69%
1900x1060 3ds Max (3dsmax-05)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	571 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	484 fps -15%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	389 fps -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	371 fps -35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	334 fps -42%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	318 fps -44%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	315 fps -45%

Blender - v3.3 Classroom CUDA
NVIDIA Titan RTX	31 Seconds *

Geekbench 5.5
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	354266 Points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	242815 Points -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	214334 Points -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	201306 Points -43%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	190428 Points -46%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	172661 Points -51%
NVIDIA Titan RTX	145407 Points -59%
Vulkan Score 5.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	160904 Points +16%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	139130 Points
NVIDIA Titan RTX	94363 Points -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	91596 Points -34%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	88587 Points -36%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	87497 Points -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	62742 Points -55%

V-Ray 5 Benchmark
GPU CUDA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	4393 mpaths
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	2102 mpaths -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	383 mpaths -91%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	383 mpaths -91%
GPU RTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	6053 mpaths
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	2979 mpaths -51%

* ... smaller is better

Gaming benchmarks

The Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC performs very well not only in synthetic benchmarks but in gaming tests as well. Gains of as much as 50 to 60 percent are a piece of cake to this monster of a graphics card. Although AMD lags far behind here, the new AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is already in the starting blocks.

For a fair comparison, we have also tested the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC with the Intel Core i9-13900K. Here it is possible to extract a little more performance from the graphics card. Once more, this confirms that Intel's Core i9-13900K currently offers the fastest gaming CPU solution. The performance when paired with an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is nothing to sneeze at. However, if the goal is to squeeze every last frame per second from the graphics card, there's currently no getting around an Intel platform. A 4K display should be used due to the enormous power of the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC. Even at this high resolution, we sometimes reached the CPU's limits which somewhat slows down the GPU. Currently, there are only a few games, for example Cyberpunk 2077, F1 2022 or The Quarry which really make the GeForce RTX 4090 break sweat in 4K. With features such as DLSS this can be counteracted so that three digit frame rates can also be achieved here. We determined all benchmark results using Nvidia's DLSS.

The new DLSS 3.0 which is based on DLSS 2.0 and is expanded with the Frame Generation (FG) feature set, drastically helps increase frame rates. THe most famous game to benefit from this is Cyberpunk 2077. In native 4K resolution and the Ray Tracing Ultra Preset even the GeForce RTX 4090 hovers around an average of only 43 frames per second. By activating DLSS over 100 frames per second are possible which nearly triples the performance. DLSS 3.0 relies on the fourth generation Tensor Core which is currently only used in the RTX 4000 series. A list of games which either already support DLSS 3.0 or will be supported with this feature in future can be found here:

GTA V - 3840x2160 High/On (Advanced Graphics Off) AA:FX AF:8x
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	187.5 (2.97^min, 200^P1 - 593^max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	182.63 (2.37^min - 385.25^max) fps -3%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	182.5 (2.85^min, 142.9^P1 - 284^max) fps -3%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	173.1 (2.93^min, 100^P1 - 384^max) fps -8%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	169.6 (14.8^min, 125^P1 - 411^max) fps -10%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	140.8 (6.17^min, 100^P1 - 320^max) fps -25%

The Witcher 3 - 3840x2160 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	284 (88.3^min, 166.6^P0.1, 240^P1 - 831^max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	172.9 (152^min, 152.57^P1 - 188^max) fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	155.5 (28^min, 94.5^P0.1, 133.8^P1 - 704^max) fps -45%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	139.7 (10.4^min, 105.6^P0.1, 118.6^P1 - 388^max) fps -51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	131.8 (48.2^min, 72.3^P0.1, 107.3^P1 - 454^max) fps -54%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	122 (105^min, 105^P1 - 134^max) fps -57%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	107.1 (11^min, 80.3^P0.1, 94.1^P1 - 583^max) fps -62%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 3840x2160 High Quality
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	161.1 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	96.3 fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	87.1 fps -46%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	86 fps -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	76.7 fps -52%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	65.2 fps -60%

Strange Brigade - 3840x2160 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	281 (31.7^min, 239^P1 - 482^max) fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	168.6 (37.6^min, 139.6^P1 - 268^max) fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	163.2 (60.1^min, 136.1^P1 - 584^max) fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	141.5 (44.1^min, 113.4^P1 - 188.6^max) fps -50%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	115 (67.4^min, 100^P1 - 517^max) fps -59%

Far Cry 5 - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	175 (140^min - 212^max) fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	121 (106^min - 147^max) fps -31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	107 (96^min - 128^max) fps -39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	102 (93^min - 121^max) fps -42%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	82 (73^min - 99^max) fps -53%

Far Cry New Dawn - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	145 (104^min - 215^max) fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	111 (75^min - 167^max) fps -23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	108 (93^min - 129^max) fps -26%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	101 (79^min - 135^max) fps -30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	98 (79^min - 122^max) fps -32%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	83 (70^min - 100^max) fps -43%

Far Cry 6 - 3840x2160 Ultra Graphics Quality + HD Textures AA:T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	136.9 (122^min - 148^max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	89.9 (74^min - 98^max) fps -34%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	86.5 (78^min - 100^max) fps -37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	84.9 (78^min - 92^max) fps -38%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	63.6 (56^min - 69^max) fps -54%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	57.2 (28^min - 69^max) fps -58%

Metro Exodus - 3840x2160 Ultra Quality AF:16x
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	139.7 (76.95^min - 229.15^max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	84.3 (52.3^min - 132.19^max) fps -40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	75.9 (48.64^min - 130.4^max) fps -46%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	75 (50.07^min - 98.87^max) fps -46%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	66.7 (42.71^min - 92.25^max) fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	65.2 (41.36^min - 117.12^max) fps -53%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	56.8 (35.78^min - 93.88^max) fps -59%

F1 2020 - 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	286 (245^min - 335^max) fps
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	150.1 (119^min - 178^max) fps -48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	143.6 (121^min - 170^max) fps -50%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	137 (109^min - 165^max) fps -52%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	136 (110^min - 161^max) fps -52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	124.6 (107^min - 145^max) fps -56%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	103.4 (89^min - 121^max) fps -64%

F1 2021 - 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset + Raytracing AA:T AF:16x
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	199.1 (168^min, 166^P1 - 223^max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	114.9 (99^min, 100^P1 - 128^max) fps -42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	102.7 (90^min, 89^P1 - 116^max) fps -48%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	99.7 (85^min, 85^P1 - 113^max) fps -50%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	93.5 (82^min, 82^P1 - 105^max) fps -53%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	73.2 (64^min, 64^P1 - 84^max) fps -63%

F1 22 - 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	82.5 (72^min, 71^P1 - 96^max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	42.6 (36^min, 28^P1 - 49^max) fps -48%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	35.8 (24^min, 25^P1 - 47^max) fps -57%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	29.3 (25^min, 24^P1 - 34^max) fps -64%

Borderlands 3 - 3840x2160 Badass Overall Quality (DX11)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	135 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	83.8 fps -38%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	72.8 fps -46%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	59.9 fps -56%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	59.9 fps -56%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	59.8 fps -56%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	57.1 fps -58%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	49.7 fps -63%

Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	78 (48.3^min - 106.8^max) fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	53.3 (36.1^min - 69.2^max) fps -32%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	43.2 fps -45%

Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC with Ryzen 9 vs. Core i9

Performance Rating - Percent
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC ^-1! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	99.6 pt
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	98.8 pt

GTA V - 3840x2160 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	139.9 (8.44^min, 90.9^P1 - 320^max) fps +1%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	138 (8.49^min, 90.9^P1 - 306^max) fps

The Witcher 3 - 3840x2160 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	181.3 (38^min, 118.9^P0.1, 150.7^P1 - 478^max) fps 0%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	180.9 (76.6^min, 113.1^P0.1, 155.5^P1 - 493^max) fps

Dota 2 Reborn - 3840x2160 ultra (3/3) best looking
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	234.4 (192.2^min) fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	230 (185.3^min) fps -2%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 3840x2160 High Quality
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	161.3 fps 0%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	161.1 fps

X-Plane 11.11 - 3840x2160 high (fps_test=3)
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	132.3 fps +6%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	124.5 fps

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 3840x2160 Highest Preset AA:T
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	186 fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	185.9 fps 0%

Far Cry 5 - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	182 (148^min - 212^max) fps +4%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	175 (140^min - 212^max) fps

Far Cry New Dawn - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	154 (113^min - 219^max) fps +6%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	145 (104^min - 215^max) fps

Far Cry 6 - 3840x2160 Ultra Graphics Quality + HD Textures AA:T
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	139.1 (128^min - 150^max) fps +2%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	136.9 (122^min - 148^max) fps

GRID Legends - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	206 (19.1^min - 331^max) fps +2%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	201 (27.2^min - 292^max) fps

Metro Exodus - 3840x2160 Ultra Quality AF:16x
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	139.7 (76.95^min - 229.15^max) fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	138.6 (76.78^min - 237.3^max) fps -1%

Forza Horizon 5 - 3840x2160 Extreme Preset
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	162 fps

F1 2020 - 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	286 (245^min - 335^max) fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	285 (240^min - 333^max) fps 0%

F1 2021 - 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset + Raytracing AA:T AF:16x
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	199.1 (168^min, 166^P1 - 223^max) fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	196.5 (166^min, 152^P1 - 220^max) fps -1%

F1 22 - 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	82.5 (72^min, 71^P1 - 96^max) fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	81.1 (71^min, 70^P1 - 93^max) fps -2%

Borderlands 3 - 3840x2160 Badass Overall Quality (DX11)
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	135.5 fps 0%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	135 fps

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - 3840x2160 Badass Preset (DX12)
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	130.3 fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	129.8 fps 0%

God of War - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	130.1 (55.2^min, 76.2^P0.1, 112.7^P1 - 482^max) fps
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	128.1 (89.2^min, 104.8^P0.1, 111.5^P1 - 603^max) fps -2%

The Quarry - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	76.3 (28.7^min, 39.7^P0.1, 65.4^P1 - 211^max) fps +1%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	75.4 (17.2^min, 33.9^P0.1, 63.3^P1 - 261^max) fps

Cyberpunk 2077 1.6
3840x2160 Ray Tracing Ultra Preset (DLSS off)
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	43 fps +1%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	42.5 (31.9^min - 56.3^max) fps
3840x2160 Ultra Preset
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, i9-13900K	78.5 fps +1%
Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	78 (48.3^min - 106.8^max) fps

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K DLSS	4K
GTA V (2015)	188.2	187.9	187.4	162	164.8		187.5
The Witcher 3 (2015)	826	747	642	320			284
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	310.6	276	262.9	239.2			234.4
Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)	494	403	379	378			239
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	236	233	233		225		161.1
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	223	196.3	151.6				124.5
Far Cry 5 (2018)	238	209	200	188	185		175
Strange Brigade (2018)	698	575	570	565	512		281
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	332	325	323	304	279		186
Far Cry New Dawn (2019)	200	177	171	154	152		145
Metro Exodus (2019)	300	265	234	201	185.8		139.7
Anno 1800 (2019)	211	199.3	143.1	73.6	72.8		66.9
Control (2019)	240	240	240		219		113.3
Borderlands 3 (2019)	242	216	200	186.8	186		135
F1 2020 (2020)	563	475	471	412	407		286
Crysis Remastered (2020)	491	446	327	284	231		147.3
Mafia Definitive Edition (2020)	292	266	237		226		162.7
Watch Dogs Legion (2020)	184.6	178.7	160.3	149.7	146.5		116.7
Dirt 5 (2020)	385.7	356.1	333.8	325.7	287.4		190.4
F1 2021 (2021)	677	642	529	271	263		199.1
New World (2021)	215	188	183.5	175.3	174.8		149.3
Far Cry 6 (2021)	209	189.4	169.5	173.9	168.4		136.9
Riders Republic (2021)	318	309	292	279	229		149
Forza Horizon 5 (2021)	411	302	283	208	197		162
God of War (2022)	278	276	269	212	179.5		130.1
GRID Legends (2022)	330	297	262	252	244		201
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 (2022)	229	225	215	207	149.6		78
Ghostwire Tokyo (2022)	284	281	280	277	277		163.4
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)	428	354	311	289	229		130.3
Vampire Bloodhunt (2022)	460	398	394	382	374		254
F1 22 (2022)	443	414	414	194.5	157.5		82.5
The Quarry (2022)	427	337	290	256	193.8		75.4
FIFA 23 (2022)	276	273	270	267	248		245
A Plague Tale Requiem (2022)	179.6	173.6	167.9	154.3	125.8		73.7
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection (2022)	146.3	145.5	144.5	143.7	143.6		100.7
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 (2022)	304	287	245	240	191	183	128
Spider-Man Miles Morales (2022)	208	198.9	174.5	175.4	174.4		130.8
The Callisto Protocol (2022)	229	222	202	201	183		127
Need for Speed Unbound (2022)	178.2	171.1	154.3	153.7	152.8		146.3
High On Life (2023)	388	357	307	293	224		106.6
The Witcher 3 v4.00 (2023)	289	255	229	212	212		164.2
Dead Space Remake (2023)	266	265	246	248	199.7		106.5
Hogwarts Legacy (2023)	162.1	142.9	129.6	121.5	120.3		86
Returnal (2023)	214	212	208	201	174		109
Atomic Heart (2023)	316	251	234	223	181.6		110.9
Company of Heroes 3 (2023)	383.1	364	344.8	330.8	302.8		205.7
Sons of the Forest (2023)	133.3	126.3	122.3	120.7	118		114.2
Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)	287	303	294	213	188.9		121.8
The Last of Us (2023)	169.6	163.2	163	162.8	136.9	118.1	77.4
Dead Island 2 (2023)	326	312	280	250	261		165.1
Star Wars Jedi Survivor (2023)	170.6	166.3	160	155.4	150.3		80.4
Diablo 4 (2023)	398	399	399	398	392	239	220
F1 23 (2023)	476	509	472	210	154	134	79.6
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart (2023)	231	217	184.7	153.5	147.1		108.8
Atlas Fallen (2023)	194.9	192.5	187	185.4	184.2		168.4
Immortals of Aveum (2023)	155.6		138.2	124.4	97.3	126.1	62.6
Armored Core 6 (2023)	119.7	119.6	119.8	119.5	119.5		119.3
Starfield (2023)	138.9	139.2	130		124.5		78.1
Lies of P (2023)	330	327	303	286	264	237	166.7
Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)	323	299	274	265	203	189.4	112.6
Counter-Strike 2 (2023)	351	340	339	340	312		202
EA Sports FC 24 (2023)	382	323	266	264	263		254
Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)	247	240	230	170	162	144	126
Total War Pharaoh (2023)	565.7	348.2	231.3	187.1	186.2		158.2
Lords of the Fallen (2023)	181.7	174.2	155	116	88.6	88.6	53.2
Alan Wake 2 (2023)	152.4	149.3	144.4		126.7	58.7	72.2
EA Sports WRC (2023)	255	170.6	157.8	152.6	147.4	139.6	121
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 (2023)	330	306	265	254	199		129
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora (2023)	251	234	209	170	124	113	69
The Finals (2023)	332	309	295	300	256	209	139.2
Ready or Not (2023)	336	356	336	323	263	243	132.4

Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC Emissions

The Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC stress tested

At 450 watts the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 is on the same level as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Nevertheless, the power consumption increases by exactly 100 watts compared to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, a trend that has solidified in the last few years and we can only hope that the current limit has been reached. Anyone looking for the ultimate performance should pay little attention to the topic of power consumption. The 450 watts consumed by the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC during the stress test are dissipated successfully. At almost 70 °C the GPU chip stays relatively cool as well as the VRAM where we were unable to detect any temperature problems at maximum 66 °C. The power target and the CPU voltage can be increased slightly, whereby the graphics card reaches a maximum 509 watts under load. The chip temperature also increases a little as a result. The built-in fan does a good job and cools the graphics card in standard operation at approximately 2000 rpm. The graphics card can only just be heard from inside the case.

When it comes to gaming, the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC has no reason to hide. Here the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT as well as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti require more energy. However, in this test we are close to the CPU's limits which means the GPU cannot achieve maximum performance. When comparing power consumption under the FurMark stress test, the tide turns against the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC. With an average of 611 watts, the power consumption of the new high end graphics cards is noticeably high. Therefore, a powerful power suppy should be used to operate the graphics card. Palit themselves recommend using a 1000 watt power supply, the likes of which we used during testing. In all tests and benchmarks there were no problems with the power supply.

Power consumption of our test system (idle)

Power consumption of our test system (FurMark, Power Target = 100 percent)

Power consumption of our test system (FurMark, Power Target = 111 percent)

Power consumption of our test system (gaming, The Witcher 3, Ultra preset)

Stress test (FurMark, Power Target = 100 percent)

Stress test (FurMark, Power Target = 111 percent)

Power Consumption: 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor) | 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor)

Power Consumption / The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Radeon RX 6950 XT, R9 5900X, Corsair MP600	589 (583^min, 584^P1 - 598^max) Watt * -11%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, R7 5800X3D (Idle: 102 W)	561 (533^min, 542^P1 - 582^max) Watt * -5%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600	538 (532^min, 532^P1 - 570^max) Watt * -1%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	531.8 (520^min - 571^max) Watt *
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, R9 5900X, Corsair MP600	518 (509^min, 510^P1 - 539^max) Watt * +3%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Radeon RX 6900 XT, R9 5950X (Idle: 99.15 W)	488.3 (459.99^min - 512.79^max) Watt * +8%

Power Consumption / FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600 GS	611 (597.78^min - 648.9^max) Watt *
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Radeon RX 6950 XT, R9 5900X, Corsair MP600	564 (525^min, 551^P1 - 601^max) Watt * +8%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7950X, Corsair MP600	516 (512^min, 514^P1 - 541^max) Watt * +16%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, R9 5900X, Corsair MP600	487 (475^min, 477^P1 - 501^max) Watt * +20%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Radeon RX 6900 XT, R9 5950X (Idle: 99.15 W)	456.8 (378.13^min - 484.67^max) Watt * +25%

* ... smaller is better

Pros

+ Extreme 3D performance

+ Modern 4 nm architecture

+ 24 GB VRAM

+ DLSS + Ray tracing in the latest revision

+ Fan Stop Mode

+ Smart design

+ Powerful cooler

Cons

- Very high energy consumption

- Awkward mains connection location

- Very large (check case compatibility)

- No DisplayPort 2.1

- Extremely expensive

Verdict - Brute power without temperature problems

In review: Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC

Nvidia's newest flagship, the GeForce RTX 4090, puts everything that has gone before in the shade - and then some. The leap in performance compared to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 is huge. In some cases this almost means doubling frame rates. On the whole, however, the performance increase levels off at 50 to 70 percent which is still impressive. Likewise, AMD is also at a disadvantge with its latest Radeon RX 6950 XT. Introduced only a few days ago, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is trying its best to stand up to this.

The performance of the GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC used in our review is consistently excellent. With well-known features such as DLSS and raytracing, Nvidia has once more been able to considerably increase the performance with innovations only currently offered by the RTX 4000 series, and in doing so, entice potential buyers. Whether AMD can follow suit in this regard, remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the features promise a lot as more and more games are using the tech to improve frame rates without a loss in image quality. But even without DLSS the GeForce RTX 4090 offers enormous power for nearly all current games at 2160p on highest settings.

For anyone considering a purchase it is worth remembering that a very fast CPU is necessary. In addition, there's no point wasting the graphics card power for only 1080p or 1440p gaming. The graphics card will quickly get bored.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC draws attention to itself with the Midnight Kaleidoscope design. Thanks to Ada Lovelace, the design matches the performance and unrestricted 4K gaming is possible.

Opinions can be split when it comes to power consumption and the implemented 12VHPWR connector. On the one hand, the 450 watts are still within limits if we keep the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti in mind. This sports the same TBP and cannot reach the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 performance by a long way. As a result, Nvidia is once more able to dramatically increase efficiency with the new Ada Lovelace architecture. The new power connector has been under fire lately. So far, we have been unable to detect any problems related to that connector. However, we will continue to monitor this and keep you up to date, should this fate befall us too. The Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC design is a also a success in part due to its diamond-like surface. The package is nicely rounded off by subtle RGB lighting. Likewise, the built-in Palit cooler does everything right as the graphics card remains pleasantly quiet under load, in spite of the very high power draw.

Price and availability

The graphics cards remain difficult to get hold of. When models do become available to buy, they often come with a hefty surcharge on Nvidia's RRP of 1949 euros. Currently, our review sample is listed on Amazon for $2679. However, delivery time is 4 to 6 weeks. The non-OC model of the Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock can currently be had on Amazon for $2369.

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Editor of the original article: Sebastian Bade - Senior Tech Writer - 561 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2012

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Translator: Andrew Dickson - Translator - 116 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022

My lifelong passion for tech was born in a gadget-filled household in Scotland. From games consoles to cameras to computers. Early adopters, so early the phrase might have been coined with our family in mind. On finishing school, I trained and qualified as a golf professional before moving to Germany, where I have worked and lived for over 30 years. In 2002, I formed a successful English language centre, providing training, translations and digital learning systems to numerous businesses in the Rhein Neckar metropole area. Whether augmented or virtual reality, smart devices, mobile technology, sustainable environmental solutions, the tech world is as exciting now as it has ever been. Working with Notebookcheck allows me to combine my love of both tech and language.

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