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Best GPUs for local LLM, AI development, compute in 2026. Recommended GPU & hardware for local LLM, AI training, inference (LLMs, generative AI). GPU training, inference benchmarks using PyTorch, TensorFlow for computer vision (CV), NLP, text-to-speech, etc.
We benchmark these GPUs and compare AI performance (deep learning training; FP16, FP32, PyTorch, TensorFlow), 3d rendering, Cryo-EM performance in the most popular apps (Octane, VRay, Redshift, Blender, Luxmark, Unreal Engine, Relion Cryo-EM).
Our benchmarks will help you decide which GPU is the best GPU for your needs (NVIDIA RTX 5090/4090, NVIDIA H100 94GB NVL, H200 142GB NVL, A100 80GB, B200, B300, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, RTX PRO 6000 Ada, A6000). We provide an in-depth analysis of the AI performance of each graphic card's performance so you can make the most informed decision possible. We offer deep learning and 3d rendering benchmarks that will help you get the most out of your hardware.
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Benchmarks
AI Local LLM GPU Benchmarks 2026 [Updated]
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1720
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5934
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
927
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1715
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
VGG16 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
VGG16 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Googlenet (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Googlenet (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
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3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2026 [Updated]
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5556
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1445
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1.16
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
12123.96
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
158815
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
92.1
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2026 [Updated]
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
105.2
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
53.2
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2026 [Updated]
Training Time (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Performance (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Training Time (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Performance (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
LLM Inference Benchmark 2026 [Updated]
Llama3.1 70B
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
10
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
20.3
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
20
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Llama3.1 405B
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
OpenAI gpt-oss-20b (FP4)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
192
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
OpenAI gpt-oss-120b (FP4)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 5090
n/a
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 336 mm | 304 mm |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Slot width | Triple-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 450 W | 575 W |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 2235 MHz | 2017 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 21200 MHz | 28000 MHz |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 40 | GeForce 50 |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 12.0 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Die Size | 608 mm2 | 750 mm2 |
| GPU Name | AD102-300-A1 | GB202-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors | 76300 million | 92200 million |
Memory
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 1018 GB/s | 1790 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 512 bit |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
Render Config
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 192 | 176 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 170 |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 16384 | 21760 |
| TMUs | 512 | 680 |
| Tensor Cores | 512 | 680 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 82.58 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS |
| FP32 (float) performance | 82.58 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 1290 GFLOPS | 1637 GFLOPS |
| Pixel Rate | 483.8 GPixel/s | 423.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1290 GTexel/s | 1637 GTexel/s |
| AI performance | TOPS | 3400 TOPS |
Price
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| MSRP | 1599 $ | 1999 $ |
| Release Date | Oct 12th, 2022 | Jan 30th, 2025 |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | BIZON X5500 More details | BIZON X5500 More details |
| Software | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: VRay Benchmark: Octane Benchmark: Redshift Benchmark: Blender: Luxmark: |
Recommended hardware
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 5090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 |