RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile with RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4090 Mobile
2023
16 GB GDDR6, 120 Watt
72.04
+73%

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1897
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency41.1624.82
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD103no data
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores97284608
Core clock speed1335 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1695 MHzno data
Number of transistors45,900 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate515.3no data
Floating-point processing power32.98 TFLOPSno data
ROPs112no data
TMUs304no data
Tensor Cores304no data
Ray Tracing Cores76no 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).

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth576.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.9-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 4090 Mobile 72.04
+73%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 41.64

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 4090 Mobile 27760
+73%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 16044

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 4090 Mobile 64746
+120%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 29411

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 4090 Mobile 46191
+121%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 20908

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 4090 Mobile 143162
+73.3%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 82612

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 4090 Mobile 21251
+154%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 8351

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD178
+78%
100−110
−78%
1440p134
+78.7%
75−80
−78.7%
4K82
+82.2%
45−50
−82.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 156
+73.3%
90−95
−73.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110−120
+75.4%
65−70
−75.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95−100
+90%
50−55
−90%
Battlefield 5 170−180
+74%
100−105
−74%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+75%
60−65
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 142
+77.5%
80−85
−77.5%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+76.7%
60−65
−76.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 130−140
+76%
75−80
−76%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+83.3%
120−130
−83.3%
Hitman 3 168
+76.8%
95−100
−76.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
+75%
120−130
−75%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+77.6%
85−90
−77.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+85%
60−65
−85%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 210−220
+80%
120−130
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+81.3%
80−85
−81.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110−120
+75.4%
65−70
−75.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 187
+87%
100−105
−87%
Battlefield 5 170−180
+74%
100−105
−74%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+75%
60−65
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 136
+81.3%
75−80
−81.3%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+76.7%
60−65
−76.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 130−140
+76%
75−80
−76%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+83.3%
120−130
−83.3%
Hitman 3 167
+75.8%
95−100
−75.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
+75%
120−130
−75%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+77.6%
85−90
−77.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+85%
60−65
−85%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 387
+75.9%
220−230
−75.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+73.8%
65−70
−73.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+81.3%
80−85
−81.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110−120
+75.4%
65−70
−75.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 161
+78.9%
90−95
−78.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+75%
60−65
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 125
+78.6%
70−75
−78.6%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+76.7%
60−65
−76.7%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+83.3%
120−130
−83.3%
Hitman 3 152
+78.8%
85−90
−78.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 305
+79.4%
170−180
−79.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 370
+76.2%
210−220
−76.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 204
+85.5%
110−120
−85.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120
+84.6%
65−70
−84.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+85%
60−65
−85%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+75.4%
65−70
−75.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 85−90
+88.9%
45−50
−88.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
+77.1%
35−40
−77.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 128
+82.9%
70−75
−82.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+85.7%
35−40
−85.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 95
+90%
50−55
−90%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+82.9%
35−40
−82.9%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+78%
150−160
−78%
Hitman 3 138
+84%
75−80
−84%
Horizon Zero Dawn 253
+80.7%
140−150
−80.7%
Metro Exodus 128
+82.9%
70−75
−82.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 294
+83.8%
160−170
−83.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 164
+82.2%
90−95
−82.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 220−230
+73.1%
130−140
−73.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+88%
50−55
−88%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+100%
30−33
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+85.2%
27−30
−85.2%
Hitman 3 45−50
+91.7%
24−27
−91.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65
+85.7%
35−40
−85.7%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+73.3%
45−50
−73.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150
+76.5%
85−90
−76.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+95.2%
21−24
−95.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+73.3%
45−50
−73.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+81%
21−24
−81%
Cyberpunk 2077 48
+77.8%
27−30
−77.8%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+82.2%
45−50
−82.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 156
+73.3%
90−95
−73.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 69
+97.1%
35−40
−97.1%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+76.7%
30−33
−76.7%

This is how RTX 4090 Mobile and RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 78% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 79% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 82% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 72.04 41.64
Recency 3 January 2023 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 4090 Mobile has a 73% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 4.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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