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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 · Photo source

NVIDIA · GeForce

GeForce RTX 3090

Released September 2020

A 2020 Ampere graphics card with 24 GB of GDDR6X for demanding gaming, rendering and other GPU workloads.

Memory
24 GB
Shaders
10,496
Boost clock
1,700 MHz
Bandwidth
936 GB/s
Power
350 W

What reviewers say

Reviewers found its large memory capacity valuable for creative workloads and praised its gaming performance. Both judged the small gaming gain over the RTX 3080 hard to justify at the much higher launch price, and highlighted the Founders Edition's large size and power demands.

From techradar.com and pcgamer.com

Specifications

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Performance

Chip maker
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Shader cores
10,496
Boost clock
1,700 MHz
Architecture
GA102; 82 Streaming Multiprocessors. Specifications describe NVIDIA's reference card; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock XLR8 Gaming UPRISING EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan, whose cooler and dimensions differ.
Manufacturing process
Samsung 8 nm 8N NVIDIA custom process; 28.3 billion transistors; 628.4 mm² die
Ray tracing
82 second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
328 third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
1.40 GHz on NVIDIA's current page; PNY's stock-clock card lists 1,395 MHz base and 1,695 MHz boost, matching the NVIDIA whitepaper's boost rather than the current rounded 1.70 GHz
Cache
6,144 KB L2

Memory

Video memory
24 GB GDDR6X
Memory bus
384-bit
Memory bandwidth
936 GB/s
Memory detail
19.5 Gbps GDDR6X

Connections and power

Board power
350 W
Interface
PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3; NVLink supported
Maximum resolution
7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
2 × PCIe 8-pin cables through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (Founders Edition)
Recommended power supply
750 W, based on NVIDIA's Intel Core i9-10900K test system
Slot width
3-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
313 × 138 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition); allow another 35 mm for the included power adapter
Video encode and decode
Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 24 GB of GDDR6X with 936 GB/s memory bandwidth
  • Hardware ray tracing and DLSS upscaling
  • NVLink support

Cons

  • 350 W graphics card power and a recommended 750 W power supply
  • Founders Edition occupies three slots and is 313 mm long
  • No hardware AV1 encoding

Closest rivals

Model
MemoryShadersBoost clockBandwidthPowerReleased
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3080
10 GB or 12 GB8,704 or 8,9601,710 MHz760 GB/s or 912 GB/s320 W or 350 WSept 2020
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB10,2401,670 MHz912 GB/s350 WJun 2021
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080
16 GB9,7282,510 MHz716.8 GB/s320 WNov 2022

Sources

  1. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3090-3090ti
  2. images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/en-zz/Solutions/geforce/ampere/pdf/NVIDIA-ampere-GA10…
  3. nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-delivers-greatest-ever-generational-leap-in-p…
  4. pny.com/geforce-rtx-3090-xlr8-gaming-epic-x-rgb-triple-fan-m

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