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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 for AI

Device pages: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) Β· NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) scores 1.21x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 overall (Training 1.40x, Inference 1.35x, Compute 0.71x). It leads on Training and Inference and trails on Compute. The two runs used different platforms (WSL and native Linux).

Scores on the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index

Ratio = the RTX 5090 (WSL)'s score divided by the RTX 4090's
ScoreRatioRTX 5090 (WSL)RTX 4090
Overall (GT)1.21x545.71450.05
Training1.40x470.34335.94
Inference1.35x891.80659.37
Compute0.71x261.39367.89

When to Choose Which

  • Choose the RTX 5090 (WSL) for training (1.40x the RTX 4090).
  • Choose the RTX 5090 (WSL) for inference (1.35x the RTX 4090).
  • Choose the RTX 4090 for raw compute (1.41x the RTX 5090 (WSL)).

From the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index category scores, which are not raw throughput; a lead under 10% counts as level.

Per Model and Precision

LynxBenchAI score per model and precision; ratio = RTX 5090 (WSL) / RTX 4090
ModelPrecisionRatioRTX 5090 (WSL)RTX 4090
compute
Dense MatMulBF161.50x424.43283.79
Dense MatMulFP161.37x406.02295.41
Dense MatMulFP321.35x324.34239.94
Dense MatMulFP641.07x10.129.48
Sparse MatMulFP320.46x275.51598.47
Sparse MatMulFP640.29x193.19666.20
inference
DistilBERTFP161.36x1455.261069.74
DistilBERTFP81.48x994.43673.12
DistilBERTINT81.52x855.49561.18
DistilGPT2FP161.09x1043.89957.02
DistilGPT2FP81.12x693.96617.67
DistilGPT2INT81.05x607.13577.05
Flan-T5 SmallFP161.36x1813.091333.43
Flan-T5 SmallFP81.48x1151.56778.03
Flan-T5 SmallINT81.58x1025.50650.15
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP161.45x509.96351.19
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP81.56x271.43173.88
GraphGPS (Peptides)INT81.70x284.01167.13
MobileNetV3FP161.34x2037.511519.03
MobileNetV3INT81.26x549.91437.31
training
DistilBERTBF161.51x712.64472.39
DistilBERTFP321.45x904.77623.27
DistilGPT2BF161.22x332.21272.36
DistilGPT2FP321.34x631.55469.76
Flan-T5 SmallBF161.34x370.23276.10
Flan-T5 SmallFP321.42x719.53506.61
GraphGPS (Peptides)BF161.73x261.32151.20
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP321.63x258.77158.56
MobileNetV3BF161.07x286.27268.26
MobileNetV3FP321.32x519.39394.16

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Each figure is the first device's overall score divided by the second's.

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How to Read These Results

A LynxBenchAI score is sustained throughput on a fixed catalogue of PyTorch models, measured after a warm-up at a batch size raised until throughput stops improving, so it is what the machine holds under load, not its best instant. Training, Inference and Compute are three separate scores; GT combines them (Training and Inference weigh 0.4 each, Compute 0.2).

Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Scores compare only within one Index: the 26Q3 Index fixes the models, precisions, correctness thresholds and scoring, and a later Index may change them. Each test is one timed window, the scores have no 0-100 scale, and a precision a device cannot run scores zero rather than being skipped.

LynxBenchAI is built by TechnoLynx, which the European Commission engaged as an independent expert advisor on AI performance and benchmarking for AI Gigafactories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (case study).

Questions

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) for AI?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 scores 1.09x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) overall (Training 1.10x, Inference 1.11x, Compute 1.07x). The two runs used different platforms (native Linux and WSL).
Should I choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL)?
Level on training: the two are within 10% (1.10x). Choose the RTX 5090 for inference (1.11x the RTX 5090 (WSL)). Level on raw compute: the two are within 10% (1.07x). These follow the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index category scores, which are not raw throughput.
Where is the difference between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) largest?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the ratio is highest on MobileNetV3 at FP16 (Inference), where the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 scores 1.29x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL), and lowest on DistilBERT at FP8 (Inference), at 0.99x.
What does this result tell me about my own PyTorch model?
Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

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