# GeForce RTX 5090

> OnPrem World · https://onpremworld.com/en/hardware/rtx-5090 · Last updated: 2026-10-14 · CC BY 4.0

32 GB of VRAM at 1,792 GB/s, the most of any GeForce card here: 32B models fit at 6-bit, or at 4-bit with room for longer contexts.

## Specifications

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Memory | 32 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory bandwidth | 1792 GB/s |
| Power | 575 W |
| Launch | 2025-01 |
| Launch price | US$1,999 |
| Architecture | Blackwell |
| Software | CUDA |

## What it can run (32 GB, 8K)

Estimates, not benchmarks. See the methodology.

| Model | Parameters | Best quant | Total | tok/s (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 35B | Q6_K | 28.9 GiB | 508 |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | 35B | Q6_K | 28.9 GiB | 508 |
| Qwen3-32B | 32.8B | Q6_K | 28.9 GiB | 46 |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | 32.76B | Q6_K | 28.9 GiB | 46 |
| Gemma 4 31B IT | 30.7B | Q6_K | 26.3 GiB | 50 |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B (2507) | 30.5B | Q6_K | 25.8 GiB | 461 |
| Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct | 30.5B | Q6_K | 25.8 GiB | 461 |
| GLM-4.7-Flash (30B-A3B) | 30B | Q6_K | 25.1 GiB | 508 |
| Qwen3.5-27B | 27B | Q8_0 | 29.1 GiB | 44 |
| Qwen3.6-27B | 27B | Q8_0 | 29.1 GiB | 44 |
| Qwen3.8-27B | 27B | Q8_0 | 29.1 GiB | 44 |
| Gemma 3 27B IT | 27B | Q8_0 | 29.6 GiB | 44 |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | 25.2B | Q8_0 | 27.0 GiB | 311 |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2506) | 24B | Q8_0 | 26.7 GiB | 49 |
| Magistral Small 1.2 (2509) | 24B | Q8_0 | 26.7 GiB | 49 |
| Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct (2512) | 24B | Q8_0 | 26.7 GiB | 49 |
| gpt-oss-20b | 21B | Q8_0 | 22.5 GiB | 328 |
| Phi-4 (14B) | 14B | FP16 | 29.4 GiB | 45 |
| Gemma 3 12B IT | 12B | FP16 | 24.8 GiB | 52 |
| Gemma 4 12B Unified IT | 11.95B | FP16 | 24.2 GiB | 52 |
| Qwen3.5-9B | 9B | FP16 | 18.4 GiB | 70 |
| Qwen3-8B | 8.2B | FP16 | 17.7 GiB | 76 |
| DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B | 8.19B | FP16 | 17.6 GiB | 77 |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 8B | FP16 | 17.1 GiB | 78 |
| Gemma 4 E4B IT | 8B | FP16 | 16.4 GiB | 78 |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | 3.21B | FP16 | 7.7 GiB | 195 |
| Kimi K2.6 | 1000B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| DeepSeek-R1-0528 (671B) | 671B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 284B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 180B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | 122B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| Mistral Small 4 119B (2603) | 119B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| gpt-oss-120b | 117B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E Instruct | 109B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| GLM-4.5-Air | 106B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| Qwen3-Coder-Next (80B-A3B) | 80B | Doesn't fit | – | – |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 70B | Doesn't fit | – | – |

## Prices

Latest price at each shop, as listed on the day we checked.

| Region | Shop | Listing | Price | Per GB | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | Newegg (Slava computers) | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 WINDFORCE OC 32G GV-N5090WF3OC-32GD GDDR7 PCIe 5.0 x16 video card (Newegg marketplace seller; ships from Israel) | [US$6,885.90](https://www.newegg.com/p/1FT-000A-00930?Item=9SIAGBAM219504) | US$215/GB | 2026-10-14 |

US value: about 258.6 tok/s on Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Q4_K_M, 8K), or 3.8 tok/s per US$100.

All prices: https://onpremworld.com/en/prices.md

## Frequently asked questions

### Which LLMs can the GeForce RTX 5090 run?

With 32 GB and an 8K context, the largest models that fit include: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, Qwen3-32B, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B, Gemma 4 31B IT. See the full table below.

### How fast is the GeForce RTX 5090 for local LLMs?

Generation speed is mostly set by memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s). For Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at FP16, expect roughly 78 tokens/s; bigger models are slower.

### Can the GeForce RTX 5090 run 70B models?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not fit on the GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB), even at Q4_K_M with an 8K context.

## Sources

- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5090/
- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/
- https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-blackwell-geforce-rtx-50-series-opens-new-world-of-ai-computer-graphics
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units