Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 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
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p High301192
1080p Ultra258163
1440p Ultra209128
4K Ultra12675
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spy4751521841
Solar Bay213229109151
Port Royal3752914882
Fire Strike9020051985
Night Raid209016155722
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur333 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark14441227
DirectX 11344 fps241 fps
DirectX 12195 fps122 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1005.1 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps781.7 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps4109.9 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps274.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.77000.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 29, 2022
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 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 21760 10752
TMUs 680 336
ROPs 176 112
Execution Units 170 84
Ray Tracing Cores 170 84
Tensor Cores 680 336
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 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 450 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 1313 MHz
Bus 512 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 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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