The Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC is our fourth review of the RTX 4090 card.you can check out Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition, Asus RTX 4090 ROG Strix OCWhen MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X Performance results are included in the charts for details on the other three cards.as our top performer GPU Benchmark Hierarchy and one of them best graphics carda lot of people are looking at Nvidia’s halo RTX 4090 GPU and various card models that use it, so let’s see how Gigabyte’s models stack up.
Gigabyte’s Gaming OC represents one of the more traditional designs we’ve seen, and is ultimately no better or worse than its competitors. fall within the margin of error of the benchmark. So the main draws for this card will be looks, retail availability, and price. The core design looks similar to Gigabyte’s RTX 4090 Windforce, with the main difference being the RGB lighting ring around the fan.
Also, let’s deal with Giant Melting 16 Pin Elephant in the corner. No official word yet on what caused the problem, but over the past month more than 20 connectors have melted. Didn’t use an adapter cable I opted for a direct PSU connection instead — I can’t help but worry. This is true for all 4090 cards today. In other words, if you have a card, be careful and check the temperature regularly or don’t actively use it now. We really need a statement of our findings from Nvidia at this stage, and until we get it, it will be a problem for all RTX 40 series cards that use the 16-pin connector, including the upcoming RTX 4080.
| graphics card | Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC | Asus RTX 4090 ROG Strix OC | MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X | Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| architecture | AD102 | AD102 | AD102 | AD102 |
| SMS | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| GPU shader | 16384 | 16384 | 16384 | 16384 |
| Boost Clock (MHz) | 2535 | 2640 (OC mode) | 2625 | 2520 |
| VRAM Speed (Gbps) | twenty one | twenty one | twenty one | twenty one |
| VRAM (GB) | twenty four | twenty four | twenty four | twenty four |
| TFLOPS FP32 (Boost) | 83.1 | 86.5 | 86 | 82.6 |
| TFLOPS FP16 (FP8) | 665 (1329) | 692 (1384) | 688 (1376) | 661 (1321) |
| Bandwidth (GBps) | 1008 | 1008 | 1008 | 1008 |
| TDP (Watts) | 450 | 480 (OC mode) | 480 | 450 |
| size | 340×143×74mm | 358×149×70mm | Card: 280x139x42mm | 304×137×61mm |
| Radiator: 275x117x54mm | ||||
| weight | 1990g | 2508g | 2336g | 2186g |
| Official manufacturer’s suggested retail price | $1,699 | $1,999 | $1,749 | $1,599 |
On paper, the only real difference between the various RTX 4090 cards is the rated boost clocks and the resulting performance. In practice, the boost clocks are conservative, and all four 4090s we tested were found to run between 2.7 and 2.8 GHz while gaming. At best, the performance difference is about 4%, and in practice it is usually less than 2%. That said, you’ll want to focus on other factors such as aesthetics, extras that come with it, the size of the cards, and especially the price.If you have more than one of these cards in stock.
Gigabyte sets the Gaming OC’s boost clock to 2,535 MHz, an overclock of 0.6% compared to the reference card. With stock settings, we saw average GPU clocks between 2,715 and 2,757 MHz across our test suite. This is on the slightly slower end of the spectrum compared to other 4090 GPUs we’ve tested, but averages only around 20 MHz, which you wouldn’t notice in the real world.
Read more about the core features of the RTX 4090 here Nvidia Ada Lovelace Architecture An article detailing the various changes Nvidia made to the previous generation Ampere architecture. There are also additional tests we performed on the RTX 4090 Founders Edition. Professional content creation workload When DLSS 3 testOur AIB card reviews focus on card design and aesthetics, as well as other additional features.
