GeForce RTX 4090 vs GTX 780 Ti

Place in the ranking	221	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.34	18.83
Power efficiency	6.78	15.23
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GK110B	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 November 2013 (11 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 has 197% better value for money than GTX 780 Ti.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2880	16384
Core clock speed	875 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	928 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	222.7	1,290
Floating-point processing power	5.345 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	176
TMUs	240	512
Tensor Cores	no data	512
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	304 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336 GB/s	1.01 TB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 780 Ti 24.72

RTX 4090 100.00
+305%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 780 Ti 9527

RTX 4090 38533
+304%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 780 Ti 15619

RTX 4090 104598
+570%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 780 Ti 38813

RTX 4090 137609
+255%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 780 Ti 11812

RTX 4090 73447
+522%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 780 Ti 75688

RTX 4090 260357
+244%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	99 −162%	259 +162%
1440p	45−50 −344%	200 +344%
4K	35−40 −309%	143 +309%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	7.06	6.17
1440p	15.53	8.00
4K	19.97	11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45

−463%

225
+463%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −335%	235 +335%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −583%	287 +583%
Battlefield 5	80−85 −201%	240−250 +201%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −455%	222 +455%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −107%	110−120 +107%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 −214%	200−210 +214%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −102%	290−300 +102%
Hitman 3	50−55 −158%	120−130 +158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −209%	350−400 +209%
Metro Exodus	85−90 −82.4%	150−160 +82.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 −93.8%	120−130 +93.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −457%	450−500 +457%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −51%	150−160 +51%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −276%	200−210 +276%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −490%	248 +490%
Battlefield 5	80−85 −201%	240−250 +201%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −435%	214 +435%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −107%	110−120 +107%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 −214%	200−210 +214%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −102%	290−300 +102%
Hitman 3	50−55 −158%	120−130 +158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −209%	350−400 +209%
Metro Exodus	85−90 −82.4%	150−160 +82.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 −93.8%	120−130 +93.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −560%	548 +560%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −355%	240−250 +355%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −51%	150−160 +51%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −231%	179 +231%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −424%	220 +424%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −425%	210 +425%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −107%	110−120 +107%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −102%	290−300 +102%
Hitman 3	50−55 −158%	120−130 +158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −246%	394 +246%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −552%	541 +552%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −475%	305 +475%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −50%	153 +50%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65

−93.8%

120−130
+93.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −253%	160−170 +253%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −195%	110−120 +195%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −496%	155 +496%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −663%	183 +663%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −193%	80−85 +193%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −863%	154 +863%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −200%	80−85 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −92.2%	270−280 +92.2%
Hitman 3	27−30 −376%	130−140 +376%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −661%	388 +661%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −223%	152 +223%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −833%	504 +833%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −793%	268 +793%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 −71.4%	240−250 +71.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

−215%

120−130
+215%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −267%	85−90 +267%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −263%	65−70 +263%
Hitman 3	18−20 −337%	80−85 +337%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +21%	105 −21%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −407%	140−150 +407%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −941%	281 +941%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −700%	120 +700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −823%	120 +823%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −271%	50−55 +271%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1233%	80 +1233%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −653%	250−260 +653%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −840%	282 +840%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 −964%	117 +964%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−429%

110−120
+429%

This is how GTX 780 Ti and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 162% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 344% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 309% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 780 Ti is 21% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 1233% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 780 Ti is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 4090 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.72	100.00
Recency	7 November 2013	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	450 Watt

GTX 780 Ti has 80% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 304.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780 Ti in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.