GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop has 16 GB of VRAM at 576 GB/s — about 14.88 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1815 of 2118 indexed models fit at 16K context with f16 KV.
What fits at 16K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apriel-1.6-15b-Thinker | I1-Q6_K | 14.9B | 11.03 GiB | 3.00 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Salience-1.5-FlashMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 31.1B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Huihui-Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct-abliteratedMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 31.1B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-Gemini-Pro-High-Reasoning-2507-ABLITERATED-UNCENSOREDMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| MiroThinker-v1.0-30BMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-YOYO-V5MoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507-Claude-4.5-Sonnet-High-Reasoning-DistillMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Huihui-Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507-abliteratedMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Huihui-Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507-abliteratedMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-abliterated-eroticMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Huihui-Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-abliteratedMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-RTPurboMoE | I1-IQ3_M | 30.5B | 12.59 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 76±37% |
| Goetia-26B-A4B-v1.4MoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.0B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4B-hereticMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.5B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1-hereticMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.5B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4BMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.5B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| Chimera-X-26B-A4BMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.5B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1MoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.5B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTune-V2MoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.5B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTuneMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 26.5B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26b-a4b-heretic-styletune-v2-headMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 25.8B | 13.17 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±12.9% |
| Qwen3-Coder-REAP-25B-A3BMoE | IQ4_XS | 24.9B | 12.57 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 72±37% |
| Huihui-GLM-4.7-Flash-abliterated-57BMoE | I1-IQ1_M | 57.3B | 11.93 GiB | 2.09 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 65±37% |
| Rocinante-XL-16B-v1 | I1-Q5_K_M | 16.1B | 10.63 GiB | 3.38 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Le-Chaton-Slim-23BMoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 23.3B | 12.42 GiB | 1.63 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 49±37% |
| Laguna-XS-2.1MoE | IQ3_XXS | 33.4B | 13.30 GiB | 0.74 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 114±37% |
| Llama3.2-30B-A3B-II-Dark-Champion-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Abliterated-UncensoredMoE | I1-IQ3_XXS | 30.0B | 11.09 GiB | 2.94 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 47±37% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-27B | Q3_K_S | 27.8B | 12.98 GiB | 1.00 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Qwen3.5-27B | Q3_K_S | 27.8B | 12.98 GiB | 1.00 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| OpenAI-gpt-oss-20B-Claude-4.5-Opus-Heretic-UncensoredMoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.39 GiB | 14.83 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 81±37% |
| gpt-oss-20b-uncensoredMoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.39 GiB | 14.83 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 81±37% |
| gpt-oss-safeguard-20bMoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 21.5B | 13.65 GiB | 0.39 GiB | 14.83 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 81±37% |
| Huihui-gpt-oss-20b-BF16-abliterated-v2MoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.39 GiB | 14.83 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 81±37% |
| metatune-gpt20b-R1.09MoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 21.5B | 13.65 GiB | 0.39 GiB | 14.83 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 81±37% |
| gpt-oss-20b-DerestrictedMoE | Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.39 GiB | 14.83 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 81±37% |
| Qwen3.5-40B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Deckard-Heretic-Uncensored-Thinking | I1-IQ2_M | 39.5B | 12.46 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Qwen3-42B-A3B-2507-Thinking-Abliterated-uncensored-TOTAL-RECALL-v2-Medium-MASTER-CODERMoE | I1-IQ2_S | 42.4B | 11.93 GiB | 2.09 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 65±37% |
| Aurora-Code-1MoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 34.7B | 13.70 GiB | 0.31 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 141±37% |
| codegeex4-all-9b | IQ3_XXS | 9.4B | 3.97 GiB | 10.00 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-it-HERETIC-UncensoredMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.11 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Llama-3.2-8X3B-MOE-Dark-Champion-Instruct-uncensored-abliterated-18.4BMoE | Q5_K_M | 18.4B | 12.25 GiB | 1.75 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 44±37% |
| GRM-2.6-Plus-0628 | IQ3_M | 27.8B | 12.95 GiB | 1.00 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| ThinkingCap-Qwen3.6-27B | IQ3_M | 27.4B | 12.95 GiB | 1.00 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Tess-4-27B | IQ3_M | 27.8B | 12.95 GiB | 1.00 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| glm-4-9b-chat | IQ3_XXS | 9.4B | 3.97 GiB | 10.00 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Wan2.2-S2V-14B | Q5_K_M | 16.3B | 13.97 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Goetia-26B-A4B-v1.3-Absolute-Heretic-ARAMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| G4-MeroMero-26B-A4B-it-uncensored-hereticMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| EVE-26b-XENO-HATMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-Animus-V14.1-FFT-hereticMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| G4-MeroMero-26B-A4BMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| Huihui-gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized-abliteratedMoE | IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| G4-Dark-Soul-26B-A4BMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-SOMPOA-heresyMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-heretic-ara-v2MoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-Heretic-StableMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-Uncensored-MAXMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-ultra-uncensored-hereticMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-uncensored-hereticMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-ara-abliteratedMoE | IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.10 GiB | 0.92 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 30±12.9% |
Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.
Measured on this card
| Workload◍ | Median | Middle 50% | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image generation | 15.96 it/s | 10.58–21.15 | 312 |
Aggregated from community-submitted runs, so the spread is wide by nature — it covers different models, resolutions, step counts and settings, not one controlled configuration. Read the middle 50% rather than the median alone. These figures are reproduced with attribution from vladmandic-sd-data-benchmark, which publishes no licence — so we display and link rather than redistribute them.
Questions people ask
- What AI models can a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop run?
- 1815 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop at 16,384 context with f16 KV cache, the largest being Apriel-1.6-15b-Thinker at I1-Q6_K. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
- How much usable memory does a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop actually have?
- Its nameplate is 16 GB, but about 14.88 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
- Is a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop fast for local AI?
- Its memory bandwidth is 576 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.