GeForce RTX 4090 D — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the GeForce RTX 4090 D?
At 1440p (Ultra, ray tracing on, DLSS Quality), the GeForce RTX 4090 D averages 259 fps in A Plague Tale: Requiem with a 169 fps 1% low, per PCInvasion. For local LLM inference it generates 334.7 tokens/sec running llama3.2:3b at q4_K_M under ollama, per geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks (GitHub). In 3DMark Time Spy it scores 34,163 points, per TopCPU.net.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The GeForce RTX 4090 D is a graphics card from the Ada Lovelace family from NVIDIA. Data on this page draws on 10 synthetic benchmark results, 12 community AI inference reports, 14 measured game frame-rate results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the GeForce RTX 4090 D, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (measured FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale: Requiem | 1440p | Ultra RT on DLSS Quality | 259 fps | 169 fps | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| F1 22 | 1440p | Ultra DLSS Quality | 241 fps | — | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| F1 22 | 4K | Ultra DLSS Quality | 210 fps | — | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1440p | Highest | 194 fps | — | HyperCyber 2025-07-30 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1440p | Ultra / Psycho RT RT on DLSS Quality | 187 fps | — | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| A Plague Tale: Requiem | 4K | Ultra RT on DLSS Quality | 168 fps | 135 fps | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4K | Ultra / Psycho RT RT on DLSS Quality | 155 fps | 117 fps | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1440p | Ultra | 154 fps | — | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4K | RT Ultra RT on DLSS Quality | 135 fps | — | Varidata 2025-09-02 | |
| Alan Wake 2 | 4K | RT Ultra RT on DLSS Quality | 130 fps | — | Tweaktown 2023-10-27 | |
| Fortnite | 4K | Ultra DLSS Quality | 128 fps | — | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 4K | Ultra | 128 fps | — | PCInvasion 2022-10-11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4K | Path Traced RT on DLSS Quality | 120 fps | — | Varidata 2025-09-02 | |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | 4K | Ultra DLSS Quality | 115 fps | — | Varidata 2025-09-02 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama3.2:3b | q4_K_M ollama | 334.7 tok/s | — | geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks (GitHub) 2025-01-01 | |
| phi3.5-mini:3.8b | q4_K_M ollama | 300.0 tok/s | 3.0 GB | Local AI Master 2026-03-19 | |
| phi4-mini:3.8b | q4_K_M ollama | 300.0 tok/s | 2.8 GB | Local AI Master 2026-03-19 | |
| llama3.2:1b | q4_K_M llama.cpp | 202.0 tok/s | — | LocalScore.ai 2025-01-01 | |
| qwen3:30b-a3b | q4_K_M ollama | 196.0 tok/s | — | AwesomeAgents Home GPU LLM Leaderboard 2025-06-01 | |
| llama3:8b | int4 llama.cpp | 150.0 tok/s | — | NVIDIA Developer Blog 2024-10-02 | |
| llama3.1:8b | q4_K_M ollama | 95.5 tok/s | 15.6 GB | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| llama3.1:8b | q4_K_M llama.cpp | 91.0 tok/s | — | LocalScore.ai 2025-01-01 | |
| llama2:13b | q4_K_M ollama | 70.9 tok/s | 9.8 GB | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| phi4:14b | q4_K_M ollama | 68.6 tok/s | 11.3 GB | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| qwen2.5:14b | q4_K_M ollama | 63.9 tok/s | 10.8 GB | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| deepseek-r1:14b | q4_K_M ollama | 58.6 tok/s | 10.8 GB | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 34,163 points | TopCPU.net 2026-08-01 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 30,614 points | PassMark Software 2024-03-05 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 30,614 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 30,429 points | PassMark VideoCardBenchmark 2026-06-11 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 10,527 points | 3DMark 2024-03-19 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 9,726 points | TopCPU.net 2026-08-01 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Graphics Score | 8,615 points | UL Benchmarks (3DMark) 2026-05-05 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score | 8,615 points | UL Benchmarks (3DMark) 2024-06-01 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 8,615 points | UL Benchmarks (3DMark) 2024-06-01 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 8,607 points | UL Benchmarks (Futuremark) 2026-08-01 |
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