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NVIDIAUpper mid-rangeRTX 40 Series

GeForce RTX 4090 D

3 · 12 votes
Best for 1440p high-refresh gaming

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VRAM
24 GB
CUDA
14,592
FP32
73.54 TF
Bandwidth
1008 GB/s
TDP
425W
Boost
2520 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

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.

FP32 compute73.54 TFLOPS70%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth1008 GB/s56%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity24 GB75%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units14,59267%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency55/10095%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy26,280pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)13,320pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)3,796spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute182,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming73
Ray tracing74
AI / Compute76
Creator / 3D73
Power efficiency55
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 63 fps
1080p
86
1440p
64
4K
40
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 88 fps
1080p
120
1440p
89
4K
55
Alan Wake 2avg 51 fps
1080p
70
1440p
52
4K
32
Forza Horizon 5avg 92 fps
1080p
126
1440p
93
4K
58
Baldur's Gate 3avg 75 fps
1080p
102
1440p
76
4K
47
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the raw gaming speed and how it crushes 4K. The main complaints are its huge size and the high power draw that throws off a lot of heat.

Pros
  • Runs big games at max settings
  • Stays cool under heavy loads
  • Handles 4K video editing smoothly
  • Powers ray tracing with no lag
Cons
  • Needs a very strong power supply
  • Crippled AI and compute performance
  • Price still very high for what it is

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Process node
5 nm
Transistors
76.3 B
SM Count
114
Release date
2023
Launch price
$1599
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
14,592
RT Cores
114
Tensor Cores
456
TMUs
456
ROPs
176
L2 cache
72 MB
Memory
Size
24 GB
Type
GDDR6X
Bus width
384-bit
Bandwidth
1008 GB/s
Memory clock
1313 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
2280 MHz
Boost clock
2520 MHz
FP32 (float)
73.54 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
73.54 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
444 GPixel/s
Texture rate
1149 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
425W
Suggested PSU
800W
Power connectors
1x 16-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Length
304 mm
Slot width
3-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.7
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
8.9
Verdict

Our verdict on the RTX 4090 D

This is a slightly neutered flagship chip that trades a bit of performance for legal compliance with no major real-world trade-offs.

Get it if you need the absolute fastest card for 4K gaming or pro creative work and have a massive case and power supply. Skip it if you game at lower resolutions or want something that fits a standard build and doesn't need a fire extinguisher nearby.

Buy it if…

  • You edit 8K video and need maximum VRAM.
  • You run massive AI models locally without cloud services.
  • You want the absolute fastest GPU for high-res gaming.
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