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Q3/2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition, specifications and benchmarks

140 place in the overall ranking Graphics Cards!
It is a detailed review of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition, 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 1.395 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
  • Based on
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
  • 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 Size
    24 GB
  • Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
    1219 MHz
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6X
Clock Speeds
  • Base Clock
    1395 MHz
  • Boost Clock
    1695 MHz
  • Game Clock
    —
  • Overclocking
    Yes
Thermal Design
  • Maximum Junction Temperature
    93 °C
  • TDP
    350 W
  • TDP (up)
    —
Cooler & Fans
  • Cooler-Type
    Air cooling
  • Fan-Type
    Axial
  • Fan 1
    2 x 110 mm
  • Fan 2
    —
  • Noise (Idle)
    0 dB / Silent
  • Noise (Load)
    26 dB
Connectivity
  • DisplayPort Ports
    3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
  • DVI Ports
    —
  • HDCP Version
    2.3
  • HDMI Ports
    1 × HDMI 2.1
  • Max. Displays
    4
  • PCIe Interface
    PCIe 4.0 x16
  • Power Connectors
    2 x 8-Pin
  • USB-C Ports
    —
  • VGA Ports
    —
Featureset
  • DirectX
    12_2
  • DLSS / FSR
    Yes
  • LED
    No LED lighting
  • Max. resolution
    7680 × 4320
  • Raytracing
    Yes
Supported Video Codecs
  • AV1
    Decode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode
  • VP9
    Decode
Dimensions
  • Height
    138 mm
  • Length
    313 mm
  • Slot Size
    3 PCIe-Slots
  • Weight
    —
  • Width
    —
Additional data
  • Documents
    data sheet
  • Launch Price (historical)
    1,499 $
  • Manufacturer specification scope
    NVIDIA GPU-level facts only for the exact GPU and VRAM configuration; Founders Edition board clocks, power and connectors are not refreshed from the shared reference/FE column.
  • Official source
    https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/
  • Part Number
    900-1G136-2510-000
  • Process Technology
    8 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2020
  • Verification scope
    Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
  • Verified on
    2026-09-30
Positions in all rankings

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

  • FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
    127 place
  • 3DMark Benchmark
    127 place
  • Battlefield 5
    174 place
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider
    108 place
  • Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)
    24 place
  • Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)
    41 place
  • Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)
    198 place
  • Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)
    47 place

Manufacturer versions

Board specifications and benchmark results are specific to each version.

All models based on this GPU

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition 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

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
Benchmark FP32 is a 32-bit floating point calculation for the GPU which is required for 3D gaming

Higher values are better in this metric.

35.58 TFLOPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
35.63 TFLOPS
35.63 TFLOPS
35.58 TFLOPS
3DMark Benchmark
3DMark is designed for gamers, overclockers and system builders who want to get the most out of their hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

Battlefield 5
Battlefield 5 is a realistic game, with a built-in benchmark, very suitable as a test for graphics cards

Higher values are better in this metric.

111 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
112 fps
112 fps
111 fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider has a built-in benchmark, based on the Crystal Dynamics Foundation engine

Higher values are better in this metric.

Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)
Ethash is an algorithm for mining Ethereum cryptocurrency that makes the most of the GPU

Higher values are better in this metric.

120 MH/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
121 MH/s
121 MH/s
120 MH/s
Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)
The Autolykos algorithm, on which Ergo cryptocurrency is based, allows not only modern GPUs to be used for mining, but also the past generation of GPUs

Higher values are better in this metric.

262 MH/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
263 MH/s
263 MH/s
262 MH/s
Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)
Hashrate mining Ravencoin cryptocurrency on the KawPoW algorithm is fastest on modern video cards

Higher values are better in this metric.

45 MH/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
46 MH/s
46 MH/s
45 MH/s
Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)
VertCoin cryptocurrency can be mined on both Nvidia and AMD and is interesting because it mines perfectly on old GPUs like GTX1050, R9 290 and even GTX970

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.91 MH/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
1.92 MH/s
1.92 MH/s
1.91 MH/s

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Battlefield 5 + Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

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

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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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