NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
189.2x more texture fill rate: 244.1 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	21 Mar 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1695 MHz
3.6x more pipelines: 16384 vs 4608
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 96838
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 548
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 15893

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 4608
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 96838
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 548
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 15893

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

96838

317791

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

1297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15893

38287

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Geekbench - OpenCL	96838	317791
PassMark - G2D Mark	548	1297
PassMark - G3D Mark	15893	38287
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD106	AD102
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	103	13
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	4608	16384
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	76300 million
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
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
Length		304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		850 Watt
Width		137 mm, 5.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X