NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Around 41% higher pipelines: 10496 vs 7424
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1050 vs 737
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26733 vs 22879
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 191377 vs 146552

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	556.0 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10496 vs 7424
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1050 vs 737
PassMark - G3D Mark	26733 vs 22879
Geekbench - OpenCL	191377 vs 146552

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

737

1050

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22879

26733

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

146552

191377

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark	737	1050
PassMark - G3D Mark	22879	26733
Geekbench - OpenCL	146552	191377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		19948

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Place in performance rating	42	44
Launch date		1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP)		$1499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7424	10496
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s	556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		35.58 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		138 mm (5.4 inches)
Length		313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		750 Watt
Width		Triple-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X