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Intel Core Ultra 265K + RTX 4090

GPU(s)RTX 4090
Amazon · eBay (used) · Newegg
VRAM / unified memory (GB)24
CPUIntel Core Ultra 7 265K
Amazon · eBay (used) · Newegg
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Reported total cost
PowerPeak 509.1 W (gpt-oss 20B), 464.2 W (DeepSeek R1 14B)

Measured speed (generation tokens/sec)

ModelQuantEnginetok/s
gpt-oss 20Bllama.cpp279.65
DeepSeek R1 Distill 14Bllama.cpp92.49
Llama 3.2 3Bllama.cpp334.67

Numbers from Jeff Geerling's ai-benchmarks results table (llama.cpp/Ollama eval rate). Quantization not stated in the summary table. Power is peak whole-system draw during that test.

Current GPU street price (estimate, not the builder's cost)Estimated GPU cost for this build today: ≈€3,955
New retail prices in Germany incl. VAT; used cards are often much cheaper. Prices change daily.

Source: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks/issues/43
https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks

Blank fields = not stated in the source. We never estimate build data; GPU street prices above are separately sourced and dated.

Rent before you buy: try this model on a cloud GPU for a few dollars first: RunPod

Quick answers: Can RTX 4090 run gpt-oss 20B?