RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation vs GeForce 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 efficiency13.57no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD103
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 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 cores104969728
Core clock speed1395 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1680 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate556.0510.7
Floating-point processing power35.58 TFLOPS32.69 TFLOPS
ROPs112112
TMUs328304
Tensor Cores328304
Ray Tracing Cores8276

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 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-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 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1219 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth936.2 GB/s576.0 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 DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
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 Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2020 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 120 Watt

RTX 3090 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3090 is a desktop card while RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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