A2 PCIe vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking11not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.26no data
Power efficiency11.84no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date27 January 2022 (2 years ago)10 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores107521280
Core clock speed1560 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1860 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)450 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate625.070.80
Floating-point processing power40 TFLOPS4.531 TFLOPS
ROPs11232
TMUs33640
Tensor Cores33640
Ray Tracing Cores8410

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length336 mm168 mm
Width3-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,008 GB/s200.1 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 January 2022 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 450 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3090 Ti has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

A2 PCIe, on the other hand, has 650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and A2 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is a desktop card while A2 PCIe is a workstation one.


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