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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — Benchmarks & Specs

24 GB VRAM450W TDP$1,599 MSRP2022
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is a graphics card from the Ada Lovelace family released in 2022 from NVIDIA. Key on-paper specs include 24 GB of GDDR6X VRAM, 450W TDP. It launched with a $1,599 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing — see the linked product cards below for current Amazon listings. Data on this page draws on 8+ Amazon listings, 10 synthetic benchmark results, 10 community AI inference reports, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, 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).

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.

Deep Learning Benchmark (ResNet-50) via Puget Systems
128,000 images/sec
3DMark Steel Nomad via The FPS Review
46,384 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme via TechPowerUp
38,450 pts
PassMark G3D Mark via PassMark
38,066 pts
3DMark Time Spy via [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread
36,560 points
3DMark Time Spy GPU via TechPowerUp
35,200 pts
3DMark Port Royal via HWBot
27,901 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) via TechPowerUp
19,000 pts
3DMark Steel Nomad Light via The FPS Review
11,287 points
3DMark Speed Way via 3DMark Official Results
10,512 points

AI Inference Performance

Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.

llama3.1:8b FP16 via Spheron Blog
2550.0 tok/s
qwen3:32b AWQ via Spheron Blog
650.0 tok/s
llama3:8b via LocalLLaMA
440.0 tok/s
qwen3:30b-moe Q4_K_XL via Hardware Corner
195.8 tok/s
Llama 2 7B INT4 (AWQ) via arXiv (LLM Inference Hardware Survey)
194.0 tok/s
llama2:7b q4_0 via llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #15013
189.0 tok/s
Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M via llama.cpp GitHub
165.0 tok/s
Llama 3 8B unspecified via NVIDIA Developer Blog
150.0 tok/s
llama3.1:8b Q4_K_XL via Hardware Corner
131.0 tok/s
Llama 2 13B INT4 (AWQ) via arXiv (LLM Inference Hardware Survey)
110.0 tok/s

Products Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Full Specifications

tdp w450
vram gb24
vram typeGDDR6X
cuda cores16384
boost clock mhz2520

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 best used for?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is positioned as a 24 GB VRAM Ada Lovelace-family graphics card. Use it for high-end 4K gaming and local LLM inference. See the synthetic + AI benchmark tables below for measured performance.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 released, and what was its launch MSRP?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 launched in 2022 at a $1,599 MSRP. Street prices diverge from launch pricing over a product's lifetime — check the linked Amazon listings on this page for current availability.
Where do the benchmark numbers on this page come from?
Synthetic benchmarks are scraped from public databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench Browser, Cinebench leaderboards). AI inference numbers come from the LocalLLaMA community (Reddit threads, llama.cpp / Ollama discussion logs, and Phoronix when available). Every benchmark row carries an inline source citation — click through to verify the original number.
Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 run local LLMs?
Yes — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has 10 AI inference benchmarks on file (see the AI Inference Performance section above for model + tokens-per-second numbers). With 24 GB VRAM, it fits the popular 32B-parameter open-weight models at Q4 quantization comfortably.
Where can I buy the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?
Amazon listings are linked at the top of this page (in the hero CTA) and in the "Products Featuring this Hardware" section below. SpecPicks earns a small affiliate commission on qualifying purchases.

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