What Can the NVIDIA RTX 5090 Run?

32 GB · compatibility with 168 AI models

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Short answer: the NVIDIA RTX 5090 (32 GB) can run 168 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). Flagship Blackwell consumer GPU.

S PerfectA GreatB GoodC UsableD BarelyF Can't Run
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NVIDIA RTX 5090 specs for AI

BrandNVIDIA
SeriesRTX 50
VRAM32 GB
Architectureblackwell
FP16 compute104 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth1792 GB/s
FP8 supportYes
Released2025
Launch price$1999

AI models on the NVIDIA RTX 5090

Each model uses the best format that fits in 32 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
PixArt-Alpha 600MS PerfectFP166 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 2.0S PerfectFP165 GBFast
SDXL Base 1.0S PerfectFP167 GBFast
SDXL TurboS PerfectFP167 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium (2.5B)S PerfectFP168 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
Stable Diffusion 3 Medium (2B)S PerfectFP167 GBFast
SDXL Hyper 1-stepS PerfectFP167 GBFast
HunyuanDiT 1.5BS PerfectFP168 GBFast
Z-Image TurboS PerfectFP1610 GBFast
MOSS-Image 5BS PerfectFP1612 GBFast
Flux.1 LiteS PerfectFP1612 GBFast
AuraFlow 0.3S PerfectFP1612 GBFast
Qwen-Image 2.1S PerfectFP1614 GBFast
Flux.2 Klein 4BS PerfectFP1613 GBFast
Z-Image BaseS PerfectFP1614 GBFast
Ming-Image 0.1 DesignS PerfectFP1614 GBFast
KolorsS PerfectFP1614 GBFast
ERNIE-Image 8BS PerfectFP1616 GBFast
HiDream-O1-Image 8.8BS PerfectFP1616 GBFast
Seedream 3.0S PerfectFP1616 GBFast
GLM-ImageS PerfectFP1616 GBFast
FLUX.2 Klein 9BS PerfectFP1618 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large (8B)S PerfectFP1618 GBFast
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboS PerfectFP1618 GBFast
Chroma1 HDS PerfectFP1618 GBFast
Ideogram 4.0S PerfectFP1619 GBFast
HunyuanImage 3.0S PerfectFP1620 GBFast
Qwen-Image 2512 (20B)S PerfectFP821 GBFast
Flux.1 Dev 12BA GreatFP1624 GBFast
Flux.1 Schnell 12BA GreatFP1624 GBFast
FLUX.1 Krea DevA GreatFP1624 GBFast
Krea 2 TurboA GreatFP1626 GBFast
Flux.2 Dev 32BA GreatFP832 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 EditS PerfectFP1615 GBFast
Boogu-Image EditS PerfectFP1621 GBFast
Qwen-Image-Edit 2511S PerfectFP821 GBFast
Flux.1 Dev img2img 12BA GreatFP1624 GBFast
Flux Kontext DevA GreatFP1624 GBFast

Inpainting

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
SD 1.5 InpaintingS PerfectFP164 GBFast
SDXL InpaintingS PerfectFP167 GBFast
BrushNetS PerfectFP168 GBFast
PowerPaint v2.1S PerfectFP167 GBFast
Flux.1 Fill DevA GreatFP1624 GBFast

ControlNet

ModelRatingRuns asVRAM usedSpeed
ControlNet SD 1.5S PerfectFP165 GBFast
T2I-Adapter SDXLS PerfectFP168 GBFast
ControlNet SDXLS PerfectFP169 GBFast
ControlNet FluxA GreatFP1628 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 5BS PerfectFP1612 GBFast
AnimateDiff SDXLS PerfectFP1612 GBFast
Waver 1.0S PerfectFP1612 GBFast
CogVideoX 5BS PerfectFP1614 GBFast
CogVideoX 5B I2VS PerfectFP1614 GBFast
SkyReels V1S PerfectFP1614 GBFast
SkyReels V1 I2VS PerfectFP1614 GBFast
DynamiCrafter 1024S PerfectFP1618 GBFast
Wan 2.2 Animate 14BS PerfectFP818 GBFast
Wan 2.2 S2V 14BS PerfectFP817 GBFast
Wan-Animate-2 14BS PerfectFP817 GBFast
SCAIL-2 14BS PerfectFP817 GBFast
Wan-Dancer 14BS PerfectFP817 GBFast
HuMo 17BS PerfectFP817 GBFast
LTX-2 19BS PerfectFP819 GBFast
MiniMax H3 FL2VAS PerfectFP820 GBFast
MiniMax H3 Ref2VAS PerfectFP820 GBFast
LTX-2.5 22BS PerfectFP821 GBFast
LTX-2.3 22BS PerfectFP821 GBFast
Ovi 1.1S PerfectFP1623 GBFast
Mochi 1 10BA GreatFP822 GBFast
Open-Sora 2.0 (11B)A GreatFP1624 GBFast
MAGI-1A GreatFP1624 GBFast
LongCat-Video 13.6BA GreatFP1627 GBFast
WAN 2.2 T2V A14B (MoE)A GreatFP1628 GBFast
WAN 2.2 I2V A14BA GreatFP1628 GBFast
WAN 2.1 T2V 14BA GreatFP1628 GBFast
WAN 2.1 I2V 480P 14BA GreatFP1628 GBFast
WAN 2.1 V2VA GreatFP1628 GBFast
HunyuanVideo T2V v1.5A GreatFP1628 GBFast
HunyuanVideo I2V v1.5A GreatFP1628 GBFast
HunyuanVideo 13B T2VA GreatFP1628 GBFast
HunyuanVideo I2VA GreatFP1628 GBFast
LTX-Video 13BA GreatFP1628 GBFast
MOVAA GreatFP1629 GBFast
SkyReels V3 R2V 14BA GreatFP1629 GBFast
WAN 2.1 I2V 720P 14BA GreatFP1632 GBFast
FramePack I2V HY FP8A GreatFP1632 GBFast

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
LDSRS PerfectFP164 GBFast
ScuNETS PerfectFP320.3 GBFast
SeedVR2 3BS PerfectFP169 GBFast
SeedVR2 7BS PerfectFP1616 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
InstantMeshS PerfectFP166 GBFast
Zero123++ v1.2S PerfectFP166 GBFast
Shap-ES PerfectFP164 GBFast
LGMS PerfectFP168 GBFast
One-2-3-45S PerfectFP168 GBFast
Hunyuan3D 2.1S PerfectFP1610 GBFast
SV3DS PerfectFP1610 GBFast
Hunyuan3D 2.0S PerfectFP1612 GBFast
Pixal3DS PerfectFP1614 GBFast
TRELLIS.2 4BA GreatFP1624 GBFast
SAM 3D ObjectsA GreatFP1632 GBFast

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
MusicGen Medium (1.5B)S PerfectFP166 GBFast
Chatterbox MultilingualS PerfectFP164 GBFast
MMAudio Large 44kS PerfectFP164 GBFast
Stable Audio OpenS PerfectFP164 GBFast
IndexTTS 2.5S PerfectFP166 GBFast
ACE-Step 1.5 TurboS PerfectFP168 GBFast
VibeVoice 1.5BS PerfectFP167 GBFast
BarkS PerfectFP168 GBFast
Stable Audio 3 MediumS PerfectFP167 GBFast
MusicGen Large (3.3B)S PerfectFP1612 GBFast
YuE2 3BA GreatFP1624 GBFast
MiniMax Music 3A GreatFP1624 GBFast
Fish Audio S2 Pro 4BA GreatFP1624 GBFast

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA RTX 5090 have?

The NVIDIA RTX 5090 has 32 GB of VRAM with 1792 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

What AI models can the NVIDIA RTX 5090 run?

It can run 168 of the 168 AI models we track: 136 perfectly (S), 32 great (A), 0 good (B), 0 usable (C) and 0 barely (D). 0 need more VRAM than it has.

Can the NVIDIA RTX 5090 run MiniMax H3 FL2VA?

Yes, in FP8 (rating S, perfect).

Can the NVIDIA RTX 5090 run MiniMax H3 Ref2VA?

Yes, in FP8 (rating S, perfect).

Can the NVIDIA RTX 5090 run Qwen-Image 2.1?

Yes, in FP16 (rating S, perfect).

Can the NVIDIA RTX 5090 run Z-Image Turbo?

Yes, in FP16 (rating S, perfect).

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