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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:
FP64 FP32 TF32 BF16 FP16 FP8 FP4 INT8 INT4
CUDA Compute Capability : 8.6

Pricing

Lowest Price: $1,452
Average Price: $1,869
Active Listings: 72

MSRP: $1,499

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090

Release Date: October 12, 2022
MSRP: $1,599 USD
GPU Architecture: ada
Hardware-Accelerated GEMM Operations:
FP64 FP32 TF32 BF16 FP16 FP8 FP4 INT8 INT4
CUDA Compute Capability : 8.9

Pricing

Lowest Price: $3,110
Average Price: $4,881
Active Listings: 89

MSRP: $1,599

Specifications Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090
FP32 TFLOPs	55th @ 35.58 TFLOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)	79th @ 82.6 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
FP16 TFLOPs	67th @ 285.5 TFLOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)	84th @ 660.6 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
Tensor Core Count	70th @ 328 Cores (Mid Tier)(Mid)	80th @ 512 Cores (Top Tier)(Top)
Memory Capacity (GB)	72nd @ 24 GB (Mid Tier)(Mid)	72nd @ 24 GB (Mid Tier)(Mid)
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)	78th @ 936.2 GB/s (Top Tier)(Top)	84th @ 1008 GB/s (Top Tier)(Top)
Int8 TOPs	53rd @ 285 TOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)	79th @ 660.6 TOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
FP8 TFLOPs	Data not available	61st @ 660.6 TFLOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)
FP4 TFLOPs	Data not available	Data not available

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 @ 325 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1080p)	51st @ 194 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 419 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (4K)	55th @ 77 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 193 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1440p)	54th @ 142 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 340 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (1080p)	57th @ 198 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)	98th @ 451 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Quake II RTX (4K)	79th @ 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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