GeForce3 vs GeForce RTX 3090

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	23	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.88	no data
Power efficiency	13.71	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	GA102	NV20 A5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2020 (4 years ago)	27 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	no data
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	28,300 million	57 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	556.0	1.600
Floating-point processing power	35.58 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	112	4
TMUs	328	8
Tensor Cores	328	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	82	no data

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	AGP 4x
Length	336 mm	165 mm
Width	3-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1219 MHz	230 MHz
Memory bandwidth	936.2 GB/s	3.68 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 VGA, 1x DB13W3
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	8.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.5	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2020	27 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	150 nm

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