NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Ampere Turing
• CUDA Cores
  10496 4352
• Execution Units
  82 68
• GPU Chip
  GA102-300-A1 TU102
• Render Output Units
  112 88
• Shader
  10496 4352
• Texture Units
  328 272
• Based on
  - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  936 GB/s 616 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  384 bit 352 bit
• Memory Clock
  1219 MHz -
• Memory Data Rate
  19.5 Gbps -
• Memory Size
  24 GB 11 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  - 1750 MHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1400 MHz 1350 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1700 MHz 1635 MHz + 6%
• Game Clock
  - -
• Overclocking
  - Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Graphics Card Power
  350 W -
• Maximum GPU Temperature
  93 °C -
• System Power Supply
  750 W (System power requirement) -
• TDP
  350 W 260 W+ 4 %
• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP (up)
  - 320 W

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition.

• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  - Axial
• Fan 1
  - 2 x 90 mm
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - 44 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• HDCP Version
  2.3 2.2
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  HDMI -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  2x PCIe 8-pin (adapter to 1x 12-pin included) 2 x 8-Pin
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDMI Ports
  - 1 × HDMI 2.0b
• USB-C Ports
  - 1 × USB-C
• VGA Ports
  - -

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
• OpenCL
  3.0 -
• OpenGL
  4.6 -
• Shader Model
  6.6 -
• Vulkan
  1.3 -
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• LED
  - No LED lighting
• Raytracing
  - Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  - 116 mm
• Length
  - 267 mm
• Slot Size
  - 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  - -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090.

• Manufacturer specification scope
  NVIDIA Founders Edition/reference design. Clock specifications apply to gaming use. AIB shipping specifications and complete-system power needs may differ. 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.
• Process Technology
  8 nm 12 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q3/2018
• Documents
  - -
• Launch Price (historical)
  - 1,599 $
• Part Number
  - -

• FP16 (theoretical)
  35.58 TFLOPS -
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - -
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - -
• Pixel Rate
  189.8 GPixel/s -
• Texture Rate
  556.0 GTexel/s -