Who is the NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 4090 for?
Strong choice. At 80.3 Mars Score it's in the A-tier (78-87) — the cluster just below the absolute leaders.
Pick this when you want flagship-tier specs without paying for the headline halo of the S-tier. The day-to-day experience is indistinguishable from the very top.
Mars Score is computed from 15 measured specs against the transparent formula for the graphics cards category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
- ▲3DMark Time Spy: 28000.
No spec lands in the bottom quartile of the category normalization window — this product holds up across the weighted axes.
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- VRAM
- 24GB
- CUDA / Stream cores
- 16384
- Boost clock
- 2520MHz
- TDP
- 450W
All specifications
Core
- Chipset
- AD102
- Base clock?
- 2235 MHz
- Boost clock?
- 2520 MHz
- CUDA / Stream cores?
- 16384
Power & Form
- Recommended PSU?
- 850 W
- Length
- 304 mm
- Slot size
- 3-slot
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