NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 4090 sales 20 September 2022 at a recommended price of $1,599 . This is a high-end Ada Lovelace architecture desktop card based on 5 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 24 GB of GDDR6X memory clocked at 1.31 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a triple-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 304 mm. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 450 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 4090: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1
Place by popularity	6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.81
Power efficiency	15.45	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	AD102
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 4090's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 4090's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16384	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	76,300 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	450 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	1,290	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	82.58 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	176	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	512	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	512	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	128	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 4090 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm
Width	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 4090: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	1.01 TB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 4090. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 4090, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.3
CUDA	8.9

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 4090. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 4090 100.00

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 4090 38581

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 4090 104598

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 4090 137609

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 4090 73447

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 4090 260357

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 4090 771257

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 4090 310

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 4090 127

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 4090 28

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 4090 265

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 4090 120

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

RTX 4090 268

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 4090 437

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 4090 84

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 4090 550

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 4090 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	267
1440p	204
4K	148

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.99
1440p	7.84
4K	10.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

225

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	235
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	287
Battlefield 5	240−250
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	222
Far Cry 5	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210
Forza Horizon 4	290−300
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	350−400
Metro Exodus	150−160
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	450−500
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	200−210
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	248
Battlefield 5	240−250
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	214
Far Cry 5	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210
Forza Horizon 4	290−300
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	350−400
Metro Exodus	150−160
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	548
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	240−250
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	179
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	220
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	210
Far Cry 5	110−120
Forza Horizon 4	290−300
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	394
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	541
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	305
Watch Dogs: Legion	153

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	155
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	183
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85
Cyberpunk 2077	154
Far Cry 5	80−85
Forza Horizon 4	270−280
Hitman 3	130−140
Horizon Zero Dawn	388
Metro Exodus	152
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	504
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	268
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70
Hitman 3	80−85
Horizon Zero Dawn	105
Metro Exodus	140−150
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	281

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	80
Far Cry 5	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	250−260
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	282
Watch Dogs: Legion	117

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 4090's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 4090 100

GeForce RTX 4090 D 93.82

GeForce RTX 4080 89.75

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 88.89

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 82.49

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 82.23

Radeon RX 7900 XTX 80.53

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 4090 is Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which is slower by 19% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.