GeForce RTX 6090 — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the GeForce RTX 6090?
For local LLM inference it generates 47.1 tokens/sec running qwen3:0.6b under ollama, per LocalLLaMA.
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 6090 is a graphics card from NVIDIA. Data on this page draws on 2 community AI inference reports, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the GeForce RTX 6090, 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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3:0.6b | — ollama | 47.1 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-15 | |
| gemma:26b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 5.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-16 |
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