GeForce RTX 4090
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How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
Performance breakdown
FPS Across Resolutions
Average FPS across all PC games
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($1599) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
What Owners Say
Owners love the raw gaming performance and how it crushes 4K. The typical gripe is the huge size and the massive power draw that can heat up a room.
- Crushing 4K gaming with ease
- Runs hot but stays stable
- Massive VRAM for heavy workloads
- Future-proof for years to come
- Massive power draw and heat output
- Huge physical size fits few cases
- Extreme price tag for most buyers
Supported technologies
Full specifications
- Architecture
- Ada Lovelace
- Process node
- 5 nm
- Transistors
- 76.3 B
- SM Count
- 128
- Release date
- 2022
- Launch price
- $1599
- CUDA Cores
- 16,384
- RT Cores
- 128
- Tensor Cores
- 512
- TMUs
- 512
- ROPs
- 176
- L2 cache
- 72 MB
- Size
- 24 GB
- Type
- GDDR6X
- Bus width
- 384-bit
- Bandwidth
- 1010 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1313 MHz
- Base clock
- 2235 MHz
- Boost clock
- 2520 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 82.58 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 82.58 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 444 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 1290.2 GTexel/s
- TDP
- 450W
- Suggested PSU
- 850W
- Power connectors
- 1x 16-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- Length
- 304 mm
- Slot width
- 3-slot
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.8
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.4
- CUDA
- 8.9
Our verdict on the RTX 4090
The RTX 4090 is a monstrous flagship GPU that chews through any game or creative task, but its massive size and power draw are real headaches.
Get it if you're a pro creator or extreme enthusiast who needs the absolute fastest GPU for 8K video or heavy 3D work. Skip it if you're gaming on a 1080p or 1440p monitor, or if you're on a tight budget.
Buy it if…
- You do 3D rendering or heavy AI work daily.
- You play at 4K and want the highest frame rates possible.
- You have a high-end VR headset and need maximum performance.
Its place in the overall top
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