GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon RX Vega 9

Place in the ranking	608	24
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	14.74
Power efficiency	25.65	13.66
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	576	10496
Core clock speed	no data	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	350 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	556.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	35.58 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	112
TMUs	no data	328
Tensor Cores	no data	328
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	82

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	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	336 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	no data	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	no data	24 GB
Memory bus width	no data	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1219 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	936.2 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2
CUDA	-	8.5

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.

RX Vega 9 5.59

RTX 3090 69.47
+1143%

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.

RX Vega 9 4380

RTX 3090 61518
+1305%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RX Vega 9 12628

RTX 3090 124350
+885%

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.

RX Vega 9 2789

RTX 3090 47241
+1594%

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.

RX Vega 9 19255

RTX 3090 231612
+1103%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega 9 131922

RTX 3090 779348
+491%

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 HD	21 −838%	197 +838%
1440p	10−12 −1180%	128 +1180%
4K	7−8 −1143%	87 +1143%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	7.61
1440p	no data	11.71
4K	no data	17.23

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1592%	220 +1592%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1782%	207 +1782%
Elden Ring	14−16 −1600%	238 +1600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −500%	102 +500%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1346%	188 +1346%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1273%	151 +1273%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −2096%	505 +2096%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −1107%	169 +1107%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −665%	130 +665%
Valorant	14−16 −2520%	393 +2520%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1138%	161 +1138%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1127%	135 +1127%
Dota 2	18−20 −879%	186 +879%
Elden Ring	14−16 −2021%	297 +2021%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −465%	147 +465%
Fortnite	30−35 −727%	270−280 +727%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1648%	402 +1648%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −800%	171 +800%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −971%	150 +971%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	38 −466%	210−220 +466%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −676%	132 +676%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −867%	170−180 +867%
Valorant	14−16 −1380%	222 +1380%
World of Tanks	90−95 −210%	270−280 +210%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −459%	95 +459%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1023%	146 +1023%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −1000%	121 +1000%
Dota 2	18−20 −1021%	213 +1021%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −404%	130−140 +404%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1426%	351 +1426%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 −357%	210−220 +357%
Valorant	14−16 −1873%	296 +1873%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	5−6 −2900%	150 +2900%
Elden Ring	7−8 −2600%	189 +2600%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 −2900%	150 +2900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −400%	170−180 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2200%	92 +2200%
World of Tanks	40−45 −1118%	450−500 +1118%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −911%	91 +911%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −967%	96 +967%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2075%	87 +2075%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −1233%	160−170 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −2856%	266 +2856%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2217%	139 +2217%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −2071%	152 +2071%
Valorant	14−16 −1867%	295 +1867%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −971%	182 +971%
Elden Ring	3−4 −3400%	105 +3400%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −971%	182 +971%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −7500%	76 +7500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 −1206%	200−210 +1206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2033%	64 +2033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −971%	182 +971%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1720%	91 +1720%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2150%	45 +2150%
Dota 2	16−18 −1088%	202 +1088%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1650%	100−110 +1650%
Fortnite	5−6 −1820%	95−100 +1820%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −3080%	159 +3080%
Valorant	5−6 −3660%	188 +3660%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

85−90

+0%

85−90

+0%

This is how RX Vega 9 and RTX 3090 compete in popular games:

RTX 3090 is 838% faster in 1080p
RTX 3090 is 1180% faster in 1440p
RTX 3090 is 1143% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3090 is 7500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3090 is ahead in 61 test (97%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.59	69.47
Recency	26 October 2017	1 September 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	350 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 2233.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090, on the other hand, has a 1142.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 9 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.