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Released
Q3/2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, specifications and benchmarks

It is a detailed review of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, the date of manufacture started in Q3/2020. Here are all specifications and the results of performance in the form of modern benchmark estimations. The base clock frequency is 1.4 GHz. The GPU supports GDDR6X with an 24 GB graphics memory. TDP is 350 W. We recommend comparing the GPU with other models on our website to determine the best performance.

Specifications

Technical data
GPU
  • Architecture
    Ampere
  • CUDA Cores
    10496
  • Execution Units
    82
  • GPU Chip
    GA102-300-A1
  • Render Output Units
    112
  • Shader
    10496
  • Texture Units
    328
Memory
  • Memory Bandwidth
    936 GB/s
  • Memory Bus
    384 bit
  • Memory Clock
    1219 MHz
  • Memory Data Rate
    19.5 Gbps
  • Memory Size
    24 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6X
Clock Speeds
  • Base Clock
    1400 MHz
  • Boost Clock
    1700 MHz
Thermal Design
  • Graphics Card Power
    350 W
  • Maximum GPU Temperature
    93 °C
  • System Power Supply
    750 W (System power requirement)
  • TDP
    350 W
Connectivity
  • DisplayPort Ports
    3 × DisplayPort
  • HDCP Version
    2.3
  • Max. Displays
    4
  • Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
    HDMI
  • PCIe Interface
    PCIe 4.0 x16
  • Power Connectors
    2x PCIe 8-pin (adapter to 1x 12-pin included)
Featureset
  • DirectX
    12_2
  • Max. resolution
    7680 × 4320
  • OpenCL
    3.0
  • OpenGL
    4.6
  • Shader Model
    6.6
  • Vulkan
    1.3
Supported Video Codecs
  • AV1
    Decode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode
  • VP9
    Decode
Additional data
  • Manufacturer specification scope
    NVIDIA Founders Edition/reference design. Clock specifications apply to gaming use. AIB shipping specifications and complete-system power needs may differ.
  • Process Technology
    8 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2020
Theoretical Performance
  • FP16 (theoretical)
    35.58 TFLOPS
  • FP32 (theoretical)
    —
  • FP64 (theoretical)
    —
  • Pixel Rate
    189.8 GPixel/s
  • Texture Rate
    556.0 GTexel/s
Positions in all rankings

Common positions NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Passmark Performance Test GPU
    2 place

Manufacturer versions

Board specifications and benchmark results are specific to each version.

All models based on this GPU

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPU

Published results: 18

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Blender 4.0.0 / OPTIX / Linux 5746.193538 samples/min Submissions: 54
Blender 4.0.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5483.352619 samples/min Submissions: 397
Blender 4.1.0 / OPTIX / Linux 5718.835863 samples/min Submissions: 31
Blender 4.1.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5491.672029 samples/min Submissions: 173
Blender 4.2.0 / OPTIX / Linux 5633.457024 samples/min Submissions: 28
Blender 4.2.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5311.379423 samples/min Submissions: 329
Blender 4.3.0 / OPTIX / Linux 5639.593959 samples/min Submissions: 43
Blender 4.3.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5297.880883 samples/min Submissions: 355
Blender 4.4.0 / OPTIX / Linux 5656.590332 samples/min Submissions: 50
Blender 4.4.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5277.965639 samples/min Submissions: 273
Blender 4.5.0 / OPTIX / Linux 5606.175997 samples/min Submissions: 86
Blender 4.5.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5383.496578 samples/min Submissions: 543
More tests: 6
Test and settingsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Blender 5.0.0 / OPTIX / Windows 4868.424378 samples/min Submissions: 35
Blender 5.1.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5244.921791 samples/min Submissions: 56
Blender 5.1.1 / OPTIX / Linux 5400.816266 samples/min Submissions: 20
Blender 5.1.1 / OPTIX / Windows 5177.841757 samples/min Submissions: 59
Blender 5.2.0 / OPTIX / Linux 5197.903823 samples/min Submissions: 19
Blender 5.2.0 / OPTIX / Windows 5046.518892 samples/min Submissions: 66

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

Cinebench 2024 / GPU

ResultReported conditions
19512 points System: GeForce RTX 3090
Graphics: GeForce RTX 3090
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 with other graphics cards to understand the real speed of the GPU when processing content.

Tests include working with floating point, creating 3D models, mining cryptocurrencies.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

Archived results. The original measurement method and test conditions have not been verified.

Passmark Performance Test GPU

Higher values are better in this metric.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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Base Clock is the base GPU frequency stated by the manufacturer for this model.

Boost Clock describes automatic frequency increases. Actual clock speed varies with workload, temperature and power limits; it is not a guarantee of manual overclocking.

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