NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3090 sales 1 September 2020 at a recommended price of $1,499 . This is a high-end Ampere architecture desktop card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 24 GB of GDDR6X memory clocked at 1.22 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 936.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a triple-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 336 mm. 1x 12-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 350 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3090: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	29
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.97
Power efficiency	13.60	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GA102
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 3090's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3090's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	10496	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	28,300 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	556.0	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	35.58 TFLOPS	of 104.8 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	112	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	328	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	328	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	82	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3090 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	336 mm
Width	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3090: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1219 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	936.2 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3090. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3090, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.2
CUDA	8.5
DLSS	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3090. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 3090 68.58

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3090 26683

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3090 61518

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3090 124350

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3090 47241

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3090 231612

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX 3090 191142

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3090 779348

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

RTX 3090 179816

GeekBench 5 CUDA

RTX 3090 238123

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 3090 300

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 3090 105

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 3090 16

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 3090 170

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 3090 93

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

RTX 3090 86

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 3090 262

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 3090 26

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 3090 368

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3090 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	197
1440p	131
4K	87

Cost per frame, $

1080p	7.61
1440p	11.44
4K	17.23

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	331
Counter-Strike 2	220
Cyberpunk 2077	209

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	262
Battlefield 5	172
Counter-Strike 2	188
Cyberpunk 2077	178
Far Cry 5	208
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	254
Forza Horizon 5	210
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	350−400

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	156
Battlefield 5	158
Counter-Strike 2	161
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	270−280
Cyberpunk 2077	154
Dota 2	217
Far Cry 5	196
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	247
Forza Horizon 5	195
Grand Theft Auto V	171
Metro Exodus	176
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	369
Valorant	350−400

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	146
Counter-Strike 2	146
Cyberpunk 2077	136
Dota 2	213
Far Cry 5	183
Forza Horizon 4	217
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	182
Valorant	296

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

300−350

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	60−65
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	450−500
Grand Theft Auto V	150
Metro Exodus	115
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	400−450

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	130
Cyberpunk 2077	93
Far Cry 5	171
Forza Horizon 4	197
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	153

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

150−160

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	55−60
Counter-Strike 2	40−45
Grand Theft Auto V	182
Metro Exodus	76
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	154
Valorant	300−350

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	113
Counter-Strike 2	22
Cyberpunk 2077	46
Dota 2	202
Far Cry 5	108
Forza Horizon 4	153
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	95−100

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

75−80

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 3090's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

Radeon RX 7900 GRE 100.92

Radeon RX 6900 XT 100.17

Radeon RX 6900 100.17

GeForce RTX 3090 100

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 99.75

GeForce RTX 3080 94.36

Radeon RX 6800 XT 93.66

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 3090 is Radeon RX 6900 XT, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.