ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090 SOLID OC White Edition 32GB GDDR7
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
What Buyers Say
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090 SOLID OC White Edition 32GB GDDR7
This Zotac RTX 5090 is a powerhouse, delivering excellent 4K performance and running quietly. Users praise its build quality and aesthetics, especially the white edition that fits white-themed builds. While one reviewer mentioned coil whine, others note it can be luck of the draw and a quality PSU helps. Overall, it's a highly recommended card for high-end gaming.
Pros
- Excellent 4K performance
- Quiet operation
- Great build quality
- White edition aesthetics
- No coil whine (in some units)
Cons
- Potential coil whine
- Requires 1000W PSU
- Large and heavy card
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 is widely praised for its exceptional performance in gaming, rendering, and AI workloads, with users noting it runs very cool and quiet. However, a few verified buyers report severe driver issues and blue screens, and some mention the high price and power connector concerns. Overall, it is seen as a powerful but expensive card with mixed reliability.
Pros
- Exceptional gaming performance
- Very cool and quiet operation
- Excellent for rendering and AI
- Compact size for a 4090
- No coil whine
Cons
- Severe driver issues and blue screens
- Very high price
- Power connector concerns
- Poor customer support from MSI
- Large size may not fit all cases
Scores
Specifications
| ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090 SOLID OC White Edition | MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 4090 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Blackwell | Ada Lovelace |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 32 GB★ | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 4 | 76★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 32.97999954223633★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 32.97999954223633★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 575 | 450★ |
| Recommended PSU | 1,000★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | AIO Liquid★ |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express Gen 4 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 8K |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 330★ | — |
| Slot Width | 3.5★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 2.90 kg | 0.05 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4.0 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090 SOLID OC White Edition 32GB GDDR7
- Strong raster (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong compute (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong vram (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong ai (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average efficiency (25th percentile)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
- Strong raster (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong vram (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong ai (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong rt (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average feature (35th percentile)
Verdict
Scores 95 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 13 of 38 specs.