Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RTX 5090
Best for: 4K enthusiasts who can find the RTX 4090 at a significant discount and don't need DLSS 4 or GDDR7.
Full details →First-generation product — recently released, still early days
Best for: Gamers interested in Intel's ecosystem who want a 1440p high-end card with 16GB VRAM at a competitive price.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Intel Arc B770 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | Enthusiast | High-end |
| Generation | RTX 4000 | Arc Battlemage |
| VRAM | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 450W | 250W |
| Upscaling | DLSS3 | XeSS |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $1599 | $449 |
| Released | Oct 12, 2022 | Mar 15, 2026 |
| Cycle length | ~840 days | — |
| Cycle advice | Wait | Buy |
| Deals advice | Buy | Caution |
| Successor | RTX 5090 | — |
More VRAM than the RTX 5080 (16GB), making it relevant for AI workloads and 4K texture packs.
Street prices have dropped significantly below $1599 MSRP, offering 5090-adjacent performance for less.
Over 2 years of driver optimizations make this one of the most stable GPUs available.
Intel continues to offer more VRAM per dollar than NVIDIA.
Expected improvements to Intel's AI upscaler.
Higher-tier Battlemage silicon with more cores.