GeForce RTX 5090 vs GT 630 OEM

Place in the ranking	948	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	59
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	11.23
Power efficiency	2.31	12.46
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GK107	GB202
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 April 2012 (12 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	21760
Core clock speed	875 MHz	2017 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2407 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	575 Watt
Texture fill rate	14.00	1,637
Floating-point processing power	0.336 TFLOPS	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	176
TMUs	16	680
Tensor Cores	no data	680
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	170

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	145 mm	304 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	891 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB/s	1.79 TB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	+	+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.4
CUDA	3.0	10.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	3−4 −6800%	207 +6800%
1440p	2−3 −9100%	184 +9100%
4K	2−3 −6950%	141 +6950%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.66
1440p	no data	10.86
4K	no data	14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

210−220

+0%

210−220

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Metro Exodus	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Valorant	800−850 +0%	800−850 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Dota 2	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Far Cry 5	159 +0%	159 +0%
Fortnite	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Metro Exodus	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Valorant	800−850 +0%	800−850 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	202 +0%	202 +0%
Far Cry 5	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Valorant	800−850 +0%	800−850 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	183 +0%	183 +0%
Dota 2	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
World of Tanks	500−550 +0%	500−550 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Metro Exodus	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Valorant	550−600 +0%	550−600 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	174 +0%	174 +0%
Dota 2	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	167 +0%	167 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Fortnite	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Valorant	350−400 +0%	350−400 +0%

This is how GT 630 OEM and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

RTX 5090 is 6800% faster in 1080p
RTX 5090 is 9100% faster in 1440p
RTX 5090 is 6950% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 45 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.61	100.00
Recency	24 April 2012	30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	575 Watt

GT 630 OEM has 1050% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 6111.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 630 OEM in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.