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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. 1847 of 2118 indexed models fit at 16K context with q8_0 KV.

Spec sheet· bandwidth, theoreticalFrom the file· fit from summed bytesPredicted· speed
Memory
16 GB
GDDR6
Bandwidth
576 GB/s
256-bit bus
Tensor FP16
dense
TDP
150 W
KV cachef16q8_0q4_0quantizing the KV cache is a ~2× lever on the dominant term at long context
text 1582audio asr 39vision language 162video 15embedding 26image 2audio tts 21

What fits at 16K context

largest quantization that fits, per model · 1847 of 2118 indexed
ModelBest quantParamsWeightsKVTotal in memoryHeadroomtok/s
EXAONE-4.0-32BQ3_K_S32.0B13.00 GiB0.98 GiB14.88 GiB0.00 GiB30±12.9%
Seed-OSS-36B-InstructUD-IQ2_M36.2B11.86 GiB2.13 GiB14.88 GiB0.00 GiB30±12.9%
NSFW_13B_sftQ4_K_S13.3B7.39 GiB6.64 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB30±12.9%
Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1MoEIQ4_XS26.5B13.59 GiB0.49 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB29±12.9%
GLM-4.7-Flash-REAP-23B-A3BMoEQ4_123.0B13.62 GiB0.44 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB96±37%
diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-it-HERETIC-UncensoredMoEIQ4_NL25.8B13.59 GiB0.49 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB29±12.9%
dolphin-2.6-mixtral-8x7bMoEI1-IQ2_XS46.7B12.97 GiB1.06 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB48±37%
xLAM-8x7b-rMoEIQ2_XS46.7B12.97 GiB1.06 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB48±37%
Devstral-Small-2-24B-Instruct-2512Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB30±12.9%
Voxtral-Small-24B-2507Q4_K_S24.3B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB30±12.9%
Transformed-Journey-24BI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magistry-24B-v1.1I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mergedonia-AETHER-24B-v1aI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mergedonia-AETHER-24B-v1bI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Slimaki-Tavern-24B-v1.3I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Maginum-Cydoms-24BI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Maginum-Cydoms-24B-absolute-heresyI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Dolphin3.0-R1-Mistral-24BQ4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Dolphin3.0-Mistral-24BQ4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-ultra-uncensored-hereticI1-Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Huihui-Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-abliterated-llamacppfixedI1-Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Dans-PersonalityEngine-V1.2.0-24bI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mistral-Small-3_2-24B-Instruct-2506-antislop.v2I1-Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia_VistralQ4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Dans-PersonalityEngine-V1.3.0-24bI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Devstral-Small-2507Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Goetia-24B-v1.1I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Devstral-Small-2505Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
MS3.2-PaintedFantasy-v3-24BI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
RP-Spectrum-24BI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
MS3.2-PaintedFantasy-v4.1-24B-ultra-uncensored-heretic-v2I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magidonia-24B-v4.3-heretic-v1.2I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magidonia-24B-v4.3-absolute-heresyI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
MagiSeek-Pro-V1I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magistral-Small-2509Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magistral-Small-2507Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cogidonia-v2-24BI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magidonia-24B-v4.3I1-Q4_K_S12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Precog-24B-v1I1-Q4_K_S12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
experiment024bI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magidonia-24B-v4.2.0Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Berthier-Mistral-Military-24BI1-Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
MS-2501-DPE-QwQify-v0.1-24BQ4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-llamacppfixedI1-Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4.3-absolute-heresyI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4.3-heretic-v2I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4.3-hereticI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4.3-heretic-v4I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4.2.0I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Journeys-End-24BI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
sarvam-mQ4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Dolphin-Mistral-GLM-4.7-Flash-24B-Venice-Edition-Thinking-UncensoredI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
WeirdCompound-v1.7-24bI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Magistral-Small-2506Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4.3I1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4.1Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Cydonia-24B-v4Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mistral-Small-3.1-24B-Instruct-2503Q4_K_S24.0B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-JbliteratedI1-Q4_K_S23.6B12.62 GiB1.33 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB30±12.9%
From the filePredictedwhat these mean

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

third-party benchmarks, aggregated
WorkloadMedianMiddle 50%Runs
Image generation15.96 it/s10.5821.15312
Benchmarked· n=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?
1847 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop at 16,384 context with q8_0 KV cache, the largest being EXAONE-4.0-32B at Q3_K_S. 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.