NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q. Specifications

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Ampere Ampere
• Based on
  GA102 GA103S
• CUDA Cores
  10752 -
• GPU Chip
  GA102-350-A1 GN20-E8-A1
• L1 Cache
  128 KB -
• L2 Cache
  6 MB -
• Render Output Units
  112 96
• Shader
  10752 -
• Texture Units
  336 232
• Execution Units
  - 7424

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

• Memory Bandwidth
  1,008 GB/s 384 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  384 bit 256 bit
• Memory Size
  24 GB 16 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  1300 MHz 1500 MHz
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6

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

• Base Clock
  1560 MHz 600 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1860 MHz 1125 MHz
• Overclocking
  No No

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

• Graphics Card Power
  450 W -
• Maximum GPU Temperature
  92 °C -
• System Power Supply
  850 W (System power requirement) -
• TDP
  450 W 80 W

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4a -
• HDCP Version
  2.3 -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 -
• Max. Displays
  4 -
• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  HDMI -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  3x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) OR 450W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable No

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 3.0
• OpenGL
  4.6 4.6
• Shader Model
  6.6 6.5
• Vulkan
  1.3 1.3

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

• Manufacturer specification scope
  NVIDIA Founders Edition/reference design. Clock specifications apply to gaming use. AIB shipping specifications and complete-system power needs may differ. -
• Official source
  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/ -
• Process Technology
  8 nm 8 nm
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. -
• Verified on
  2026-09-30 -

• FP16 (theoretical)
  40 TFLOPS 16.7 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  40 TFLOPS 16.7 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  0.625 TFLOPS 0.261 TFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  208.3 GPixel/s 108.0 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  625.0 GTexel/s 261.0 GTexel/s