GPU Comparison

NVIDIA

GEFORCE

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

CORE STATE GA102

VRAM 24 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1695 MHz

TDP 350 W

BUS WIDTH 384 bit

ARCHITECTURE Ampere

PROCESS 8 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

NVIDIA

GEFORCE

GeForce RTX 4070

CORE STATE AD104

VRAM 12 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2475 MHz

TDP 200 W

BUS WIDTH 192 bit

ARCHITECTURE Ada Lovelace

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12

5,118

3,854

geekbench_opencl

173,788

155,145

geekbench_vulkan

53,927

173,261

passmark_directx_10

182

139

passmark_directx_11

220

244

passmark_directx_12

110

103

passmark_directx_9

268

320

passmark_g2d

1,063

1,164

passmark_g3d

26,645

26,927

passmark_gpu_compute

15,356

14,720

Analysis: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

If analyzing NVIDIA RTX 3090 to NVIDIA's RTX 4070, the benchmark difference grows quickly visible. NVIDIA RTX 3090 takes the lead in virtually each benchmark we performed. The margin is significant enough to impact actual visual results. Gamers will experience improved frame rates. This conclusion is obvious.

For real-time ray tracing, NVIDIA RTX 3090 moves further forward of NVIDIA's RTX 4070. Its hardware accelerators execute heavy shadow calculations significantly more efficiently. Users wanting next-gen fidelity should definitely pick NVIDIA RTX 3090. The hardware RT capability is considerable. Contemporary releases increasingly use ray tracing technology.

All things considered, NVIDIA RTX 3090 delivers the stronger choice in this matchup. The benchmark edges validate evaluation for users putting together a powerful visual PC. Though NVIDIA's RTX 4070 possesses its advantages, this performance figures undeniably benefits NVIDIA RTX 3090. Reach your selection with this in mind. The benchmark difference is notable enough to affect.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RTX 3090

RTX 4070

Core Specs

Shading Units

10,496

5,888 -43.9%

Shaders

10,496

5,888 -43.9%

TMUs

328

184 -43.9%

ROPs

112

64 -42.9%

SM Count

46 -43.9%

Clocks

Base Clock

1395 MHz

1920 MHz

Boost Clock

1695 MHz

2475 MHz

Memory Clock

1219 MHz 19.5 Gbps effective

1313 MHz 21 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

24 GB

12 GB

VRAM (MB)

24,576

12,288 -50.0%

Memory Type

GDDR6X

Memory Bus

384 bit

192 bit

Bandwidth

936.2 GB/s

504.2 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB (per SM)

L2 Cache

6 MB

36 MB

Performance

Pixel Rate

189.8 GPixel/s

158.4 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

556.0 GTexel/s

455.4 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

35.58 TFLOPS

29.15 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)

455.4 GFLOPS (1:64)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)

29.15 TFLOPS (1:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

46 -43.9%

Tensor Cores

328

184 -43.9%

Power

TDP

350 W

200 W

TDP (W)

350

200 -42.9%

Suggested PSU

750 W

550 W

Power Connectors

1x 12-pin

1x 16-pin

Architecture

Ampere

Ada Lovelace

GPU Name

GA102

AD104

Generation

GeForce 30

GeForce 40

Process Size

8 nm

5 nm

Transistors

28,300 million

35,800 million

Die Size

628 mm²

294 mm²

Foundry

Samsung

TSMC

Density

45.1M / mm²

121.8M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

3.0

CUDA

8.6

8.9

Shader Model

6.8

Physical

Slot Width

Triple-slot

Dual-slot

Length

336 mm 13.2 inches

240 mm 9.4 inches

Height

140 mm 5.5 inches

110 mm 4.3 inches

Outputs

1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

Other

Launch Price

1,499 USD

599 USD

Production

End-of-life

Predecessor

GeForce 20

GeForce 30

Successor

GeForce 40

GeForce 50

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