NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA's no-compromise flagship for 4K gaming and creator workloads.
Full Specification Sheet
| CUDA Cores | 16,384 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 24 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit |
| Boost Clock | 2.52 GHz |
| TDP | 450 W |
| Outputs | 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1 |
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the fastest consumer graphics card NVIDIA has shipped, built around the AD102 die with 16,384 CUDA cores and 24GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus. It's the card to buy if you're gaming at 4K with ray tracing maxed out, or doing GPU-bound creative work like 3D rendering and AI model training on a budget shared with gaming.
At 450W it draws significantly more power than the rest of the RTX 40 stack, and its size means checking case clearance before buying is essential — this is a genuinely large card. NVIDIA's DLSS 3 frame generation also helps it stay ahead in CPU-bound titles where raw rasterization gains plateau.
The RTX 4090 isn't a sensible purchase for 1080p or even most 1440p gaming, but for 4K and above, nothing else on the market matches it.