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.
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| 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 |
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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