GeForce RTX 4090
The GeForce RTX 4090 is Nvidia’s 24GB graphics card with a 450W board power rating, built on the Ada Lovelace AD102 architecture. Below you’ll find its full spec sheet and gaming and productivity benchmarks, plus all 3 board versions we track, each with its cheapest current price.
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Gaming performance
Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Render and synthetic scores are in the Benchmarks section below.
1080p Gaming
1440p Gaming
4K Gaming
The GeForce RTX 4090 scores 98.5 at 1080p, 88.2 at 1440p, and 80.7 at 4K on a scale where 100 = the fastest GPU we test (RTX 5090). These scores apply to all board versions of this chip.
Performance-per-dollar rank among all GPUs with live pricing
Value at 1080p
#51
of 52
Value at 1440p
#49
of 51
Value at 4K
#42
of 47
Benchmarks
Standardized benchmark scores for this chip, each compared to the fastest card we track and linked to its source. They apply to every board version.
3D & gaming
Render
Compute & AI
GeForce RTX 4090 versions (3)
Every board version we track, cheapest first.
| Version | Boost Clock | Length | Color | From | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOTAC RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO | — | 356 mm | — | $3,475.00 |  |
 | PNY XLR8 RTX 4090 VERTO EPIC-X Triple Fan | — | 332 mm | — | $3,495.00 | |
 | ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 GAMING OCOC | — | 358 mm | — | $3,549.99 | |
3 board versions of the GeForce RTX 4090 are listed above, starting from $3,475.00. Prices update daily from live retailer stock. Click any version name for its full spec sheet and all current retailer prices.
Specifications
Board versions of the GeForce RTX 4090 range from 332–358 mm long, so check your case's GPU clearance before buying.
Performance
- Boost clock
- 2520 MHz
- Base clock
- 2230 MHz
- Shader cores
- 16,384
- SM count
- 128
- Texture units (TMUs)
- 512
- Render outputs (ROPs)
- 176
- RT cores
- 128 · 3rd gen
- Tensor / AI cores
- 512 · 4th gen
Memory
- VRAM
- 24GB GDDR6X
- Memory bus
- 384-bit
- Bandwidth
- 1008 GB/s
- Memory speed
- 21 Gbps
- L2 cache
- 72 MB
GPU die
- Architecture
- Ada Lovelace AD102
- Process node
- TSMC 4N
- Foundry
- TSMC
- Die size
- 608 mm²
- Transistors
- 76.3 billion
- Generation
- GeForce RTX 40
Power
- TDP
- 450W
- Recommended PSU
- 850W
- Power connectors
- 1 16-pin
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680 × 4320
- Max displays
- 4
- HDCP
- 2.3
- Outputs
- 1 HDMI 2.1, 3 Displayport 1.4a
- PCIe interface
- PCIe 4.0 ×16
APIs & software
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12.2)
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- CUDA
- Compute 8.9
- Shader model
- 6.8
Video encoding & decoding
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 / AVC | Supported | Supported |
| H.265 / HEVC | Supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not supported | Supported |
Encoder: NVENC 8th gen · Decoder: NVDEC 5th gen
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
- Also runs
- FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation, XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
- Resizable BAR
- Yes
Physical
- Reference length
- 304 mm
- Slot width
- 3 slots
- Released
- 2022-10-12
- MSRP
- $1,599.00
16,384 shader cores feed a 384-bit memory interface delivering 1008 GB/s of peak bandwidth. 128 RT cores handle real-time ray tracing; 512 tensor cores accelerate AI workloads and DLSS Super Resolution. Compare the GeForce RTX 4090 against the full GPU lineup on the GPU comparison table.
Across generations
Where the GeForce RTX 4090 sits in Nvidia’s lineup — the generation before and after.
How the GeForce RTX 4090 compares
Similar cards worth a look, based on live prices and 1440p gaming performance. Open any head-to-head for the full specs, benchmark and price breakdown.
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