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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090

Compare specifications, gaming benchmarks, and prices for these two GPUs.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Release Date: September 24, 2020
MSRP: $1,499 USD
GPU Architecture: Ampere
Hardware-Accelerated GEMM Operations:
FP16 FP32 BF16 FP8 INT8 INT4 TF32 FP64 INT1
CUDA Compute Capability : 8.6

Pricing

Lowest Price: $1,371
Average Price: $1,763
Active Listings: 88

MSRP: $1,499

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090

Release Date: October 12, 2022
MSRP: $1,599 USD
GPU Architecture: ada
Hardware-Accelerated GEMM Operations:
FP16 FP32 BF16 FP8 INT8 INT4 TF32 FP64 INT1
CUDA Compute Capability : 8.9

Pricing

Lowest Price: $2,776
Average Price: $4,497
Active Listings: 98

MSRP: $1,599

Specifications Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090
FP32 TFLOPs	56th @ 35.58 TFLOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)	79th @ 82.6 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
FP16 TFLOPs	71st @ 285.5 TFLOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)	85th @ 660.6 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
Tensor Core Count	71st @ 328 Cores (Mid Tier)(Mid)	79th @ 512 Cores (Top Tier)(Top)
Memory Capacity (GB)	73rd @ 24 GB (Mid Tier)(Mid)	73rd @ 24 GB (Mid Tier)(Mid)
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)	79th @ 936.2 GB/s (Top Tier)(Top)	84th @ 1008 GB/s (Top Tier)(Top)
Int8 TOPs	55th @ 285 TOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)	79th @ 660.6 TOPs (Top Tier)(Top)

Gaming Benchmarks Comparison

Benchmark	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (4K)	64th @ 231 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	97th @ 442 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (1440p)	72nd @ 411 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	97th @ 765 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (1080p)	81st @ 612 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	97th @ 966 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Counter-Strike 2 (4K)	42nd @ 142 FPS (Entry Tier)(Entry)	96th @ 303 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Counter-Strike 2 (1440p)	55th @ 255 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	95th @ 383 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Counter-Strike 2 (1080p)	54th @ 346 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	92nd @ 409 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (4K)	60th @ 81 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 193 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1440p)	53rd @ 144 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 324 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1080p)	51st @ 195 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 419 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (4K)	49th @ 75 FPS (Entry Tier)(Entry)	97th @ 193 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1440p)	56th @ 144 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 344 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1080p)	57th @ 198 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 446 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Quake II RTX (4K)	77th @ 70 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)	96th @ 117 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Quake II RTX (1440p)	Data not available	Data not available
Quake II RTX (1080p)	Data not available	Data not available

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