Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
332
242
231
183
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High301179
1080p Ultra258153
1440p Ultra209119
4K Ultra12670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy4751519630
Solar Bay21322996489
Port Royal3752913261
Fire Strike9020047892
Night Raid209016143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur333 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark14441088
DirectX 11344 fps223 fps
DirectX 12195 fps111 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.76622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB202-300-A1 GA102
Price 1999 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 21760 10240
TMUs 680 320
ROPs 176 112
Execution Units 170 80
Ray Tracing Cores 170 80
Tensor Cores 680 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 512 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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