NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (Ada Lovelace) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has 128 execution units with 16384 shaders.
FP32
82.58TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.52GHz
Memory
24GB GDDR6X
TDP
450 W

Technical details

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has 16384 shaders and 128 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 82.58 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
AD102-300-A1 (Ada Lovelace)
Streaming Multiprocessors
128
Shader
16384
Render Output Units
176
Texture Units
512
Raytracing Cores
128

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition can use 24 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6X. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s on a 384 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
1.313 GHz
Memory Speed
21.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,008 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 2.235 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
2.235 GHz
Boost Clock
2.520 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 450 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.

TDP
450 W
Tjunction max
90 °C

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has a total of 2 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 110 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent
Noise (Load)
39 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate) standard.

Max. resolution
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode
AV1
Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 304 mm long and 137 mm high. With a width of 61 mm, the graphics card requires 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
304 mm
Height
137 mm
Width
61 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition made in 5 nm was published in Q4/2022 for 1,599 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release date
Q4/2022
Launch Price
1,599 $ (Reference)
Structure size
5 nm
Documents
data sheet
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
2.235 GHz · 24 GB · 450 W TDP
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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score Rank 123 / 5,633

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    19,394
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    19,627

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score Rank 123 / 1,247

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    43,163
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    43,163

Steel Nomad Graphics score Rank 123 / 1,247

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    10,298
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    10,298

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 123 / 4,176

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    25,761
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    26,070

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Rank 123 / 3,536

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    10,127
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    10,114

Solar Bay (Raytracing) Rank 123 / 1,247

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    188,108
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    188,108

Cyberpunk 2077

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3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 62 / 3,187

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    93 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 62 / 3,190

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    185 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 63 / 3,222

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    195 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    195 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

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3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 51 / 2,190

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    80 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    80 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 62 / 2,709

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    142 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    142 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 62 / 2,843

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    184 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    184 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

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3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 62 / 4,595

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    185 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    186 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 447 / 4,594

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    200 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    203 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 1,015 / 4,601

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    200 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    213 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL Rank 62 / 5,255

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    322,419
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    349,582

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 62 / 5,233

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition24 GB GDDR6X
    257,476
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090Average of gpu group
    197,830

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 14 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

1,520GPU points (Ø)
Rank 3 / 374 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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