Gemma 2 9B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 runs Gemma 2 9B Instruct excellently at 80 tok/s at Q8_0. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
9.24B
Device VRAM
24 GB
Bandwidth
1008 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Gemma 2 9B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q8_0 | 80 tok/s | 80ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q8_0
Full Q8 quality. Very fast on 4090.
About Gemma 2 9B Instruct
Gemma 2 9B Instruct (9.24B) is a chat, coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Google's 9B model with strong knowledge distillation. Competitive with Llama 3.1 8B on most benchmarks. Shorter max context (8K) is the main limitation vs Llama.
View all Gemma 2 9B Instruct hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has 24 GB at 1008 GB/s. Street price: $1,799.
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Source: Community benchmarks (2026-01-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01