The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outperforms the RTX 4090 in rasterization workloads by 15-20% while using 150W less power according to early 2026 benchmarks from Tom's Hardware. The RTX 4090 retains advantages in ray tracing and DLSS features per RTINGS data. Overall the RX 9070 XT is the stronger pick for most gamers focused on raw frame rates.