GeForce RTX 5090 D vs RTX 3090
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 27 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 14.96 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 13.67 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GA102 | GB202 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 September 2020 (4 years ago) | 30 January 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 10496 | 21760 |
| Core clock speed | 1395 MHz | 2017 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 28,300 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 575 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 556.0 | 1,637 |
| Floating-point processing power | 35.58 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 176 |
| TMUs | 328 | 680 |
| Tensor Cores | 328 | 680 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 82 | 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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 336 mm | 304 mm |
| Width | 3-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 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 | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1219 MHz | 2209 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 936.2 GB/s | 2.26 TB/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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 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 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 8.5 | 10.1 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2020 | 30 January 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 575 Watt |
RTX 3090 has 64.3% lower power consumption.
RTX 5090 D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 5090 D. We've got no test results to judge.
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