GeForce RTX 4090
2022Ada's halo card — unmatched until its own successor.
Launch price $1,599Today $1,650
Then vs. now
8867The frontier has moved: down 21 points since 2022.
View as table
| Dimension | At launch | Today |
|---|---|---|
| Raster perf | 98 | 72 |
| Ray tracing | 97 | 68 |
| AI compute | 96 | 63 |
| Efficiency | 88 | 70 |
| Thermals & noise | 86 | 77 |
| Value | 65 | 52 |
Today-scores are recomputed against the current market frontier. How scoring works
Why the GeForce RTX 4090 stands out
Where it beats the average graphics card in its class.
VRAM
24 GB GDDR6X
1.8× more than the 13 average
Our verdict
Ada's halo card stayed unmatched until its own successor — still the fastest thing most people can actually buy, at a price to match.
Pros
- Immense 4K and creator performance
- 24 GB VRAM for AI and rendering
- DLSS 3 frame generation
Cons
- Very expensive
- 450 W and a huge cooler
- 12VHPWR connector caution
Best for: 4K gamers and creators who want no-compromise performance.
Specifications
Silicon
- Architecture
- Ada Lovelace (AD102)
- CUDA cores
- 16,384
- VRAM
- 24 GB GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 1,008 GB/s
Power & output
- TDP
- 450 W
- 4K capability
- 120+ fps with DLSS 3
- DLSS
- DLSS 3 frame generation
- Connectors
- HDMI 2.1, 3× DP 1.4a