NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090

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

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: $1,100
  • Average Price: $1,658
  • Active Listings: 96

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: $2,219
  • Average Price: $4,006
  • Active Listings: 99

MSRP: $1,599

Specifications Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIA 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

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIA 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 @ 82 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
98th @ 193 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1440p)
52nd @ 144 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
98th @ 324 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1080p)
52nd @ 195 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
98th @ 420 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (4K)
47th @ 74 FPS (Entry Tier)(Entry)
97th @ 191 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1440p)
56th @ 144 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
98th @ 345 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1080p)
56th @ 201 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
98th @ 449 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 availableData not available
Quake II RTX (1080p)Data not availableData not available