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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

Consumer Ada Lovelace flagship (24GB GDDR6X) at $1,599 MSRP, widely repurposed for AI. Caught by the October 2023 US export controls, its China price more than doubled to ¥15,000-29,000 on the gray market.

GlobalDiscontinuedNvidiaAda Lovelace familyLaunched 2022-10TSMC 4N

Latest observation ~$3.7K (from ¥26,000 at 2023 avg 7.08 CNY/USD) (per card (China)) as of 2023-11 · researched 2026-08-27

~$3.7Klatest observation · street price · 2023-11 · from ¥26,000
4dated price observations on record
5sourced specs (all linked below)

Specifications

Sourced specs

SpecValueSource
GPUAD102 (Ada Lovelace), 16,384 CUDA cores, 512 4th-gen Tensor Cores, boost 2.52 GHzvia nvidia.com2026-08-27
FP32 compute82.6 TFLOPSvia techpowerup.com2026-08
Memory24GB GDDR6X, 384-bit, 21 Gbps, 1,008 GB/svia techpowerup.com2026-08
TGP450Wvia nvidia.com2026-08-27
ProcessTSMC 4Nvia techpowerup.com2026-08

Pricing

Price history, newest first

$2k$3k$3k$4k2022-102023-102023-102023-11~$1.6K per card · 2022-10-12 · Launch MSRP · via Nvidia official ('Starting at $1,599')~$2.1K (from ¥15,000) per card (China) · 2023-10 · Street price · via SCMP~$4.1K (from ¥29,000) per card (China) · 2023-10-20 · Street price · via Bloomberg~$3.7K (from ¥26,000) per card (China) · 2023-11 · Street price · via VideoCardz / Wccftech

Step chart of per-unit observations (system and order totals stay in the table). The line is drawn in USD at each observation year's average FX rate so mixed-currency histories read as one trend; hover any point for the price exactly as reported.

DatePriceTypeSourceConfidence
2023-11~$3.7K from ¥26,000 at 2023 avg 7.08 CNY/USD per card (China)Lowest available China price ~¥26,000 (~$3,550), roughly double MSRP; Tom's Hardware documented prices doubling even before sanctions took effectStreet pricevia VideoCardz / Wccftechmedium
2023-10-20~$4.1K from ¥29,000 at 2023 avg 7.08 CNY/USD per card (China)Prices reached ~¥29,000 (~$3,970) on Alibaba's marketplaceStreet pricevia Bloombergmedium
2023-10~$2.1K from ¥15,000 at 2023 avg 7.08 CNY/USD per card (China)Retail price surged to ~¥15,000 (~$2,050) immediately after the October 2023 export restrictionsStreet pricevia SCMPmedium
2022-10-12~$1.6K per cardLaunch MSRP, October 12, 2022Launch MSRPvia Nvidia official ('Starting at $1,599')high

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Prices in USD, converted at each observation year's average exchange rate; the original figure and rate print under every converted price. How prices are sourced and graded ↗

Context

Notes

  • Nvidia removed the RTX 4090 from its China website as restrictions took effect (Oct/Nov 2023); a multi-billion-dollar gray market (including 48GB-modified 4090s for AI) followed.
  • Production wound down after the RTX 5090 generation arrived in early 2025; recorded as discontinued.

Where it sits

In the stack

All specs and prices link to their original sources, dated as observed. Figures are market observations, not offers; treat each as of its date.