What AI models can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run?

VRAM: 32.0 GB
Usable for models: 32.0 GB
Memory bandwidth: 1,792 GB/s
FP16 compute: 104.8 TFLOPS
Released: 2025
Launch price: $1,999

Specifications

Maker	NVIDIA
Type	Graphics card
Video memory (VRAM)	32.0 GB
Usable for AI models	32.0 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,792 GB/s
FP16 compute	104.8 TFLOPS
Interface	PCIe 5.0
Released	2025
Launch price (US)	$1,999

9 products with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionNVIDIA · Graphics card · 32 GB · from $1,999Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)
ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 OC EditionASUS · Graphics card · 32 GB · from $2,800Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 OC EditionASUS · Graphics card · 32 GB · from $2,500Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)
AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER 32GGIGABYTE · Graphics card · 32 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
GeForce RTX 5090 GAMING OC 32GGIGABYTE · Graphics card · 32 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM LIQUID SOCMSI · Graphics card · 32 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G GAMING TRIO OCMSI · Graphics card · 32 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5090 SOLID OCZOTAC · Graphics card · 32 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
PNY GeForce RTX 5090 ARGB EPIC-X RGB Overclocked Triple FanPNY · Graphics card · 32 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)

Best LLMs for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Grade · points	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Fit
97 ptsExcellent (S) · 97 of 100 points: Model quality 42.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	25.5 GB	54.9 tok/s	Runs well
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	25.5 GB	54.9 tok/s	Runs well
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 27BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	25.5 GB	54.9 tok/s	Runs well
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	`Q6_K`	23.8 GB	201 tok/s	Runs well
95 ptsExcellent (S) · 95 of 100 points: Model quality 41.7/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	31.8 GB	254 tok/s	Tight fit
95 ptsExcellent (S) · 95 of 100 points: Model quality 41.4/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	31.8 GB	254 tok/s	Tight fit
95 ptsExcellent (S) · 95 of 100 points: Model quality 40.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	TMax 27BAi2	`Q6_K`	25.2 GB	55.8 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	`Q5_K_M`	26.0 GB	58.1 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Fara 1.5 27BMicrosoft	`Q6_K`	25.2 GB	55.8 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 40.1/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	31.8 GB	254 tok/s	Tight fit
93 ptsExcellent (S) · 93 of 100 points: Model quality 39.6/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B)Apodex	`Q6_K`	31.8 GB	254 tok/s	Tight fit
93 ptsExcellent (S) · 93 of 100 points: Model quality 39.6/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.0 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	31.8 GB	254 tok/s	Tight fit

Best Image models for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
92 ptsExcellent (S) · 92 of 100 points: Model quality 37.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP16`	22.7 GB	2.1 s	Runs well
92 ptsExcellent (S) · 92 of 100 points: Model quality 37.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.8/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`Q8 GGUF`	20.5 GB	1.7 s	Runs well
90 ptsExcellent (S) · 90 of 100 points: Model quality 36.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.1/15	FLUX.1 Krea [dev]Black Forest Labs	`FP8`	19.6 GB	9.0 s	Runs well
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 36.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP16`	22.7 GB	14 s	Runs well
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 35.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.1/15	FLUX.1 [dev]Black Forest Labs	`FP8`	19.6 GB	9.0 s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 35.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 13.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	`FP16`	18.1 GB	0.8 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 30.0/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	LTX-Video 13B 0.9.8 (distilled)Lightricks	`FP8`	30.1 GB	45 s	Tight fit
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 32.6/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 11.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FramePack I2V (HunyuanVideo 13B)lllyasviel	`FP8`	28.2 GB	5.0 min	Tight fit
80 ptsGreat (A) · 80 of 100 points: Model quality 36.0/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 9.8/15, Memory use 15.0/15	LTX-2.3Lightricks	`Q4 GGUF`	24.5 GB	7.0 min	Runs well
80 ptsGreat (A) · 80 of 100 points: Model quality 32.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 7.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.1 I2V 14B 480PAlibaba	`FP8`	26.2 GB	11.3 min	Runs well
80 ptsGreat (A) · 80 of 100 points: Model quality 25.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Cosmos-Predict2 2B Video2WorldNVIDIA	`FP8`	26.8 GB	3.1 min	Runs well

Best LLMs by task on this hardware Open in Model Finder

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.