Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition Review

Here we present power draw figures for the graphics card-only, on a per-game basis for all twelve games we tested at 2160p (4K). This is measured using Nvidia's Power Capture Analysis Tool, also known as PCAT. You can read more about our updated power draw testing methodology HERE.

Per-Game Results at 2160p (4K):

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12-Game Average at 2160p (4K):

Up at 4K, the RTX 4090 is still not consistently hitting over 400W. Don't get me wrong, power draw is still very high for a single GPU, but the RTX 3090 Ti does draw more power across the board. I wonder how much of this is due to current game engines simply not being designed around such a large, high core-count GPU as the 4090 – only time will tell.

You can clearly see just how much variance there is in power draw from this chart above. This also includes our ray-traced benchmarks, with Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition proving to be the most strenuous load, resulting in 461W power draw. Games which historically don't scale as well – including Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Far Cry 6 – see much lower power figures.

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