GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB vs RTX 3090

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.92no data
Power efficiency13.58no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $1,199

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 cores1049610240
Core clock speed1395 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate556.0532.8
Floating-point processing power35.58 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs112112
TMUs328320
Tensor Cores328320
Ray Tracing Cores8280

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 x16
Length336 mm285 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 12-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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount24 GB20 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1219 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth936.2 GB/s760.3 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, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 20 GB

RTX 3090 has a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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