NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 21 year(s) 6 month(s) later
11.2x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 200 MHz
806.3x more texture fill rate: 1,290 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 150 nm
384x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 64 MB
5.7x more memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 230 MHz
10.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 120
7657.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 230 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 120
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1297

120

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

38287

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297	120
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287	5
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Kelvin
Code name	AD102	NV20 A5
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	27 February 2001
Place in performance rating	13	1307
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	150 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16384
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	165 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	8.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	230 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	SDR