NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB Specs, Benchmarks & Pricing

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 is NVIDIA's flagship consumer graphics card launched in September 2020, featuring the Ampere architecture based on the GA102 GPU (GA102-300-A1 variant). Built on Samsung's 8nm process with 28.3 billion transistors and a die size of 628 mm², it offers 10,496 CUDA cores across 82 streaming multiprocessors, 328 3rd-generation tensor cores, and 82 2nd-generation RT cores. The card features an unprecedented 24GB of GDDR6X memory running at 19.5 Gbps on a 384-bit bus, delivering 936.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth. With a TDP of 350W, the RTX 3090 was designed for 8K HDR gaming and professional creative workflows. The 3rd-generation Tensor Cores support fine-grained structured sparsity (2:4 pattern), enabling up to 571 INT8 TOPS with sparsity and 143 FP16 TFLOPS for dense tensor operations. The RTX 3090 uses a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface and is one of the few consumer GPUs to support 2-way NVLink. At launch, it was positioned as the spiritual successor to NVIDIA's Titan series, offering professional-grade memory capacity in a GeForce product.

Strengths

  • Excellent FP16 compute performance (top 18% of GPUs)
  • Excellent tensor core count (top 22% of GPUs)
  • Strong 3DMark Wild Life Extreme (1080p) performance (top 14% of GPUs)
  • Strong Quake II RTX (4K) performance (top 23% of GPUs)

Specifications for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

SpecificationPerformance Ranking
FP32 TFLOPs
64th @ 35.58 TFLOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)
FP16 TFLOPs
82nd @ 285.5 TFLOPs (Top Tier)(Top)
Tensor Core Count
78th @ 328 Cores (Top Tier)(Top)
Memory Capacity (GB)
86th @ 24 GB (Top Tier)(Top)
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)
88th @ 936.2 GB/s (Top Tier)(Top)
Int8 TOPs
72nd @ 570 TOPs (Mid Tier)(Mid)

Gaming Benchmarks for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Rankings based on 2,386 real-world benchmark results from OpenBenchmarking.org

BenchmarkPerformance Ranking
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (4K)
64th @ 231 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (1440p)
71st @ 411 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme (1080p)
86th @ 612 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
Counter-Strike 2 (4K)
42nd @ 142 FPS (Entry Tier)(Entry)
Counter-Strike 2 (1440p)
55th @ 255 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
Counter-Strike 2 (1080p)
54th @ 346 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
Quake II RTX (4K)
77th @ 70 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)

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Price History

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Price History

This chart tracks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 prices over the past 6 months based on eBay listings. The green line shows the median price across all listings each day, while the yellow line shows the average of the three lowest-priced listings—a useful indicator for finding deals.

Trend: Over this period, the lowest average price has been up 12.7%. The current lowest average is $836, compared to a typical $760 over the period. The lowest average price is calculated as the average of the three lowest-priced listings each day.

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Product Identifiers

Manufacturer Part Numbers (2)
Board ID
PG136
NVIDIA Part Number
900-1G136-2510-000
Available from 8 Partners (24 products)
ASUS
ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming OC
ROG-STRIX-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING(model number)
ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming
ROG-STRIX-RTX3090-24G-GAMING(model number)
TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 OC Edition
TUF-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING(model number)
TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
TUF-RTX3090-24G-GAMING(model number)
Gigabyte
GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming OC
GV-N3090GAMING-OC-24GD(model number)
AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Master
GV-N3090AORUS-M-24GD(model number)
AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Xtreme
GV-N3090AORUS-X-24GD(model number)
AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming Box
GV-N3090IXEB-24GD(model number)
PNY
GeForce RTX 3090 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan
VCG309024TFXPPB(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 XLR8 Gaming UPRISING EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan
VCG309024TFXMPB(model number)
Zotac
ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity
ZT-A30900D-10P(model number)
ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity OC
ZT-A30900J-10P(model number)
EVGA
GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming
24G-P5-3985-KR(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming
24G-P5-3987-KR(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 XC3 Gaming
24G-P5-3973-KR(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 XC3 Ultra Gaming
24G-P5-3975-KR(model number)
Palit
GeForce RTX 3090 GamingPro
NED3090019SB-132BA(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 GamingPro OC
NED3090S19SB-132BA(model number)
Gainward
GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom
471056224-2058(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom GS
471056224-2072(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
471056224-2867(model number)
KFA2
GeForce RTX 3090 SG (1-Click OC)
39NSM5MD1GNK(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC)
39NXM5MD1JNK(model number)
GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
39NXM5MD3BNK(model number)

References

Notes

  1. fp32TFLOPS of 35.58 calculated as 10,496 CUDA cores × 1.695 GHz boost clock × 2 ops/cycle = 35.58 TFLOPS, per TechPowerUp GPU Database. Ampere architecture features 2 FP32 ops per cycle through dedicated FP32 datapath and shared INT32/FP32 datapath.
  2. FP16 TFLOPS of 285.5 represents Peak Sparse Tensor Core performance (approx 8x FP32).
  3. INT8 TOPS of 570.0 represents Peak Sparse INT8 Tensor performance.
  4. Note: Previous versions incorrectly listed dense performance (142.75 TFLOPS) as sparse. Updated to match Workstation and Ada generation metrics (285.5 TFLOPS).
  5. Power figure of 350W is based on NVIDIA's TGP (Total Graphics Power) specification.
  6. The RTX 3090 uses 82 of the 84 possible streaming multiprocessors on the GA102 die, with each SM containing 128 CUDA cores, 4 tensor cores, and 1 RT core.
  7. Memory bandwidth calculated as 384-bit interface × 19.5 Gbps GDDR6X = 936.2 GB/s.
  8. The 3rd-generation Tensor Cores support TF32 (TensorFloat-32), BF16 (BFloat16), FP16, INT8, and INT4 precisions. INT8 operates at 2x the rate of FP16, and INT4 at 4x the FP16 rate.
  9. FP64 (double precision) performance is 1:64 ratio of FP32, yielding approximately 556 GFLOPS.
  10. The RTX 3090 and RTX 3090 Ti are the only GeForce 30-series cards that support 2-way NVLink for multi-GPU configurations.
  11. Released September 24, 2020 at $1,499 USD MSRP, positioned as a "BFGPU" (Big Ferocious GPU) targeting both gamers and content creators.
  12. MSRP of $1499 USD sourced from NVIDIA official product announcement at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/introducing-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards/
  13. NVIDIA Founders Edition uses board ID PG136 and NVPN 900-1G136-2510-000 per multiple retail sources and schematics.
  14. Third-party products include AIB partner cards from ASUS (ROG STRIX, TUF Gaming), MSI (Gaming X Trio, Ventus), Gigabyte (Gaming OC, AORUS Master/Xtreme), PNY (XLR8 REVEL/UPRISING), Zotac (Trinity), EVGA (FTW3, XC3), Palit (GamingPro), Gainward (Phantom), and KFA2 (SG, EX Gamer, HOF). Each AIB partner offers multiple variants with different cooling solutions, factory overclocks, and RGB lighting.