The average PassMark score of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU now sits slightly above the GeForce RTX 5090.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Takes Lead in G3D Mark by Scoring an Average of 38,430 Points, 23 Points Higher Than RTX 5090
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is still dominating many benchmarks, including the PassMark G3D Mark test, which now shows it to be the fastest of all. The GeForce RTX 5090 is indeed significantly faster than the RTX 4090 in real-world gaming tests, but it couldn't do much against its predecessor in multiple graphical tests in the G3D Mark.
Keep in mind that the average score on G3D Mark doesn't reflect the actual gaming performance of the GPUs but is a good way of checking the performance of one GPU with another through a single score. The GeForce RTX 4090 has been on the market for a while and hence, the number of tests conducted is far more than the RTX 5090. Here, we are talking about 14480 samples of RTX 4090 vs just 63 samples of RTX 5090. So, the average result will surely come out to be different from what you would expect when an equivalent number of RTX 5090s get tested.
As far as the current positions are concerned, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 sits at the number one spot on PassMark with 38,430 points, compared to 38,407 points for the GeForce RTX 5090. This is not even a 0.001% difference and hence, the position on PassMark doesn't indicate a real-world performance position.
Nonetheless, it's interesting to see that, unlike how NVIDIA went from 29,616 points by RTX 3090 Ti to 38,430 points by RTX 4090, it barely made any difference to RTX 5090 as far as G3D Mark tests go. For those who don't know, G3D Mark calculates the aggregate score after taking all the sample results. These tests include the performance of the GPUs in various areas, including 3D Rendering, Texture & Geometry, DirectX & OpenGL, etc.
While the scores are much more accurate than what you would see on Geekbench results, the actual performance will vary in real-world gaming tests, especially when you turn on Ray Tracing as G3D Mark doesn't consider it. The RTX 5090 is hardly a month old, and we will need much more time to see probably higher G3D Mark score, considering how bad the availability of the GPU is currently.
At the moment, the G3D Mark score isn't as crucial as resolving the current problems RTX 5090 users are facing. This includes poor availability, high prices, missing ROPs, black screen, and melting connectors.
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