What Can the NVIDIA RTX 4090 Run?

24 GB · compatibility with 168 AI models

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Short answer: the NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24 GB) can run 166 of 168 AI image, video, 3D and audio models we track. Best picks: MiniMax H3 FL2VA, MiniMax H3 Ref2VA, Qwen-Image 2.1, Z-Image Turbo, WAN 2.2 T2V A14B (MoE). Ada Lovelace flagship.

S PerfectA GreatB GoodC UsableD BarelyF Can't Run
90 models64 models12 models0 models0 models2 models
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NVIDIA RTX 4090 specs for AI

BrandNVIDIA
SeriesRTX 40
VRAM24 GB
Architectureada
FP16 compute82.6 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth1008 GB/s
FP8 supportYes
Released2022
Launch price$1599

AI models on the NVIDIA RTX 4090

Each model uses the best format that fits in 24 GB. How ratings work.

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ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
Stable Diffusion 1.5S PerfectFP164 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 1.4S PerfectFP164 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 2.1S PerfectFP165 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 2.0S PerfectFP165 GBFast
SDXL Base 1.0S PerfectFP167 GBFast
SDXL TurboS PerfectFP167 GBFast
Animagine XL 3.1S PerfectFP167 GBFast
Pony Diffusion v6 XLS PerfectFP167 GBFast
NoobAI XLS PerfectFP167 GBFast
Juggernaut XL RagnarokS PerfectFP167 GBFast
SDXL Lightning 4-stepS PerfectFP167 GBFast
DreamShaper XLS PerfectFP167 GBFast
Illustrious XL v1.0S PerfectFP167 GBFast
Playground v2.5 2.6BS PerfectFP167 GBFast
RealVisXL v5.0S PerfectFP167 GBFast
Epicrealism XLS PerfectFP167 GBFast
PixArt-Sigma 900MS PerfectFP167 GBFast
PixArt-Alpha 600MS PerfectFP166 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 3 Medium (2B)S PerfectFP167 GBFast
SDXL Hyper 1-stepS PerfectFP167 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium (2.5B)S PerfectFP168 GBFast
HunyuanDiT 1.5BS PerfectFP168 GBFast
Z-Image TurboS PerfectFP1610 GBFast
MOSS-Image 5BA GreatFP1612 GBFast
Flux.2 Klein 4BA GreatFP1613 GBFast
Flux.1 LiteA GreatFP1612 GBFast
AuraFlow 0.3A GreatFP1612 GBFast
Qwen-Image 2.1A GreatFP1614 GBFast
Z-Image BaseA GreatFP1614 GBFast
Ming-Image 0.1 DesignA GreatFP1614 GBFast
KolorsA GreatFP1614 GBFast
Krea 2 TurboA GreatFP813 GBFast
ERNIE-Image 8BA GreatFP1616 GBFast
HiDream-O1-Image 8.8BA GreatFP1616 GBFast
Seedream 3.0A GreatFP1616 GBFast
GLM-ImageA GreatFP1616 GBFast
FLUX.2 Klein 9BA GreatFP1618 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large (8B)A GreatFP1618 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboA GreatFP1618 GBFast
Chroma1 HDA GreatFP1618 GBFast
Ideogram 4.0A GreatFP1619 GBFast
HunyuanImage 3.0A GreatFP1620 GBFast
Qwen-Image 2512 (20B)A GreatFP821 GBFast
Flux.2 Dev 32BA GreatGGUF Q418 GBModerate
Flux.1 Dev 12BB GoodFP1624 GBFast
Flux.1 Schnell 12BB GoodFP1624 GBFast
FLUX.1 Krea DevB GoodFP1624 GBFast

Image to Image

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
SD 1.5 img2imgS PerfectFP164 GBFast
InstructPix2PixS PerfectFP165 GBFast
SDXL img2imgS PerfectFP167 GBFast
IP-Adapter FaceID SDXLS PerfectFP1610 GBFast
IP-Adapter SDXLS PerfectFP169 GBFast
Mage-Flow 4BS PerfectFP1610 GBFast
LongCat-Image EditA GreatFP1615 GBFast
Boogu-Image EditA GreatFP1621 GBFast
Qwen-Image-Edit 2511A GreatFP821 GBFast
Flux.1 Dev img2img 12BB GoodFP1624 GBFast
Flux Kontext DevB GoodFP1624 GBFast

Inpainting

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
SD 1.5 InpaintingS PerfectFP164 GBFast
SDXL InpaintingS PerfectFP167 GBFast
PowerPaint v2.1S PerfectFP167 GBFast
BrushNetS PerfectFP168 GBFast
Flux.1 Fill DevB GoodFP1624 GBFast

ControlNet

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
ControlNet SD 1.5S PerfectFP165 GBFast
T2I-Adapter SDXLS PerfectFP168 GBFast
ControlNet SDXLS PerfectFP169 GBFast
ControlNet FluxA GreatFP814 GBFast

Video

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
WAN 2.1 T2V 1.3BS PerfectFP166 GBFast
AnimateDiff LightningS PerfectFP166 GBFast
AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5)S PerfectFP166 GBFast
ZeroScope v2 576wS PerfectFP166 GBFast
AnimateDiff V2VS PerfectFP166 GBFast
AnimateDiff I2VS PerfectFP166 GBFast
Stable Video Diffusion 1.1S PerfectFP168 GBFast
CogVideoX 2BS PerfectFP168 GBFast
ModelScope T2VS PerfectFP168 GBFast
TokenFlowS PerfectFP168 GBFast
LatteS PerfectFP168 GBFast
SEINES PerfectFP168 GBFast
LTX-Video 0.9 (2B)S PerfectFP1610 GBFast
LTX-Video I2VS PerfectFP1610 GBFast
Stable Video Diffusion XT 1.1 (25 frames)S PerfectFP1610 GBFast
DynamiCrafter 512S PerfectFP1610 GBFast
Kandinsky 6.0 Video Lite 3BS PerfectFP169 GBFast
WAN 2.2 TI2V 5BA GreatFP1612 GBFast
AnimateDiff SDXLA GreatFP1612 GBFast
Waver 1.0A GreatFP1612 GBFast
CogVideoX 5BA GreatFP1614 GBFast
CogVideoX 5B I2VA GreatFP1614 GBFast
SkyReels V1A GreatFP1614 GBFast
SkyReels V1 I2VA GreatFP1614 GBFast
WAN 2.2 T2V A14B (MoE)A GreatFP814 GBFast
WAN 2.2 I2V A14BA GreatFP814 GBFast
WAN 2.1 T2V 14BA GreatFP814 GBFast
WAN 2.1 I2V 480P 14BA GreatFP814 GBFast
WAN 2.1 V2VA GreatFP814 GBFast
LTX-Video 13BA GreatFP814 GBFast
LongCat-Video 13.6BA GreatFP814 GBFast
SkyReels V3 R2V 14BA GreatFP815 GBFast
WAN 2.1 I2V 720P 14BA GreatFP816 GBFast
HunyuanVideo T2V v1.5A GreatFP816 GBFast
HunyuanVideo I2V v1.5A GreatFP816 GBFast
HunyuanVideo 13B T2VA GreatFP816 GBFast
HunyuanVideo I2VA GreatFP816 GBFast
FramePack I2V HY FP8A GreatFP816 GBFast
DynamiCrafter 1024A GreatFP1618 GBFast
Wan 2.2 S2V 14BA GreatFP817 GBFast
Wan-Animate-2 14BA GreatFP817 GBFast
SCAIL-2 14BA GreatFP817 GBFast
Wan-Dancer 14BA GreatFP817 GBFast
HuMo 17BA GreatFP817 GBFast
Wan 2.2 Animate 14BA GreatFP818 GBFast
LTX-2 19BA GreatFP819 GBFast
MiniMax H3 FL2VAA GreatFP820 GBFast
MiniMax H3 Ref2VAA GreatFP820 GBFast
LTX-2.5 22BA GreatFP821 GBFast
LTX-2.3 22BA GreatFP821 GBFast
Mochi 1 10BA GreatFP822 GBFast
Ovi 1.1A GreatFP1623 GBFast
Open-Sora 2.0 (11B)B GoodFP1624 GBFast
MAGI-1B GoodFP1624 GBFast
MOVAF Can't Run—needs 29 GB—

Upscaler

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
4x-UltraSharpS PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
4x-RemacriS PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
SwinIRS PerfectFP320.5 GBFast
RealESRGAN x4plusS PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
HATS PerfectFP320.5 GBFast
DATS PerfectFP320.5 GBFast
ScuNETS PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
LDSRS PerfectFP164 GBFast
SeedVR2 3BS PerfectFP169 GBFast
SeedVR2 7BA GreatFP1616 GBFast

Face/Restore

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
GFPGAN v1.4S PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
CodeFormer v0.1S PerfectFP320.3 GBFast

VAE

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
SD 1.5 VAE ft-mseS PerfectFP320.2 GBFast
Flux VAES PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
SDXL VAES PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
TAESD / TAESDXLS PerfectFP320.1 GBFast

3D

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
TripoSRS PerfectFP164 GBFast
Shap-ES PerfectFP164 GBFast
InstantMeshS PerfectFP166 GBFast
Zero123++ v1.2S PerfectFP166 GBFast
LGMS PerfectFP168 GBFast
One-2-3-45S PerfectFP168 GBFast
Hunyuan3D 2.1S PerfectFP1610 GBFast
SV3DS PerfectFP1610 GBFast
Hunyuan3D 2.0A GreatFP1612 GBFast
Pixal3DA GreatFP1614 GBFast
TRELLIS.2 4BB GoodFP1624 GBFast
SAM 3D ObjectsF Can't Run—needs 32 GB—

Audio

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
MusicGen Small (300M)S PerfectFP162 GBFast
XTTS v2S PerfectFP163 GBFast
Stable Audio 3 Small-SFXS PerfectFP163 GBFast
Whisper Large v3S PerfectFP164 GBFast
Qwen3-TTS 1.7BS PerfectFP165 GBFast
Chatterbox MultilingualS PerfectFP164 GBFast
MMAudio Large 44kS PerfectFP164 GBFast
Stable Audio OpenS PerfectFP164 GBFast
MusicGen Medium (1.5B)S PerfectFP166 GBFast
VibeVoice 1.5BS PerfectFP167 GBFast
Stable Audio 3 MediumS PerfectFP167 GBFast
IndexTTS 2.5S PerfectFP166 GBFast
ACE-Step 1.5 TurboS PerfectFP168 GBFast
BarkS PerfectFP168 GBFast
MusicGen Large (3.3B)A GreatFP1612 GBFast
YuE2 3BB GoodFP1624 GBFast
MiniMax Music 3B GoodFP1624 GBFast
Fish Audio S2 Pro 4BB GoodFP1624 GBFast

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA RTX 4090 have?

The NVIDIA RTX 4090 has 24 GB of VRAM with 1008 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

What AI models can the NVIDIA RTX 4090 run?

It can run 166 of the 168 AI models we track: 90 perfectly (S), 64 great (A), 12 good (B), 0 usable (C) and 0 barely (D). 2 need more VRAM than it has.

Can the NVIDIA RTX 4090 run MiniMax H3 FL2VA?

Yes, in FP8 (rating A, great).

Can the NVIDIA RTX 4090 run MiniMax H3 Ref2VA?

Yes, in FP8 (rating A, great).

Can the NVIDIA RTX 4090 run Qwen-Image 2.1?

Yes, in FP16 (rating A, great).

Can the NVIDIA RTX 4090 run Z-Image Turbo?

Yes, in FP16 (rating S, perfect).

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