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| Game | GeForce RTX 3090 | Titan RTX |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 46% | 40% |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator | 63% | 59% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 55% | 50% |
| eFootball PES 2021 | 73% | 70% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 60% | 56% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 46% | 40% |
| Valorant | 96% | 96% |
| The Invincible | 56% | 51% |
| Mafia: Definitive Edition | 40% | 34% |
| Marvel's Avengers | 61% | 56% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 are very slightly better than the Nvidia Titan RTX.
The GeForce RTX 3090 has a 50 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Texture Mapping Units than the Titan RTX. This results in the GeForce RTX 3090 providing 59.2 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GeForce RTX 3090 has a 50 MHz higher core clock speed than the Titan RTX and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the GeForce RTX 3090 providing 4.8 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GeForce RTX 3090 has not been released yet, so any comparisons on this page are likely to be unreliable.
The GeForce RTX 3090 and the Titan RTX have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GeForce RTX 3090 has 240 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Titan RTX, which means that the memory performance of the GeForce RTX 3090 is massively better than the Titan RTX.
The GeForce RTX 3090 has 10496 Shader Processing Units and the Titan RTX has 4608. However, the actual shader performance of the GeForce RTX 3090 is 17843 and the actual shader performance of the Titan RTX is 8156. The GeForce RTX 3090 having 9687 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GeForce RTX 3090 delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Titan RTX.
The GeForce RTX 3090 transistor size technology is 4 nm (nanometers) smaller than the Titan RTX. This means that the GeForce RTX 3090 is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the Titan RTX.
The GeForce RTX 3090 requires 350 Watts to run and the Titan RTX requires 280 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 750 Watts for the GeForce RTX 3090 and a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the Titan RTX. The GeForce RTX 3090 requires 70 Watts more than the Titan RTX to run. The difference is significant enough that the GeForce RTX 3090 may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the Titan RTX.
| Core Speed | 1400 MHz |  | vs | 1350 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1700 MHz | vs | | 1770 MHz | |
| Architecture | Ampere GA102 | Turing TU102-400A-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 24 Sep 2020 |  | vs | 03 Dec 2018 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 10
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10
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| 3840x2160 | 9.2
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vs | 8.8
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| Memory | 24576 MB | | vs | | 24576 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | | vs | | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 384 Bit | | vs | | 384 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | vs | | GDDR6 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 912GB/sec | | vs | 672GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
6144 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 10496 | | vs | 4608 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 8nm | | vs | 12nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 320 | | vs | 288 | |
| Texture Rate | 448 GTexel/s | | vs | 388.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 96 | | vs | | 96 |
| Pixel Rate | 134.4 GPixel/s | | vs | 129.6 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 350 Watts | vs | | 280 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 750 Watts | vs | | 650 Watts | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | | 12.1 |
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| Shader Model | - | vs | - | ||
| Open GL | - | vs | - | ||
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | | 3840x2160 |
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| Mini Review | Overview The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 is the top RTX 30 Series graphics card and considered an Enthusiast graphics card based on the Ampere architecture. Architecture The Ampere architecture represents a process shrink down to 7nm compared to 12nm Turing. The Ampere architecture provides the world's next consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed Ampere GA102 which has 5120 Shader Processing Units, 320 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1520MHz and goes up to 2153MHz in Boost mode. It also has 610 Tensor Cores for AI purposes and 72 RT Cores for real-time ray-tracing. Memory The GPU accesses a 24GB frame buffer of second-gen GDDR6X memory through a 384-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 350W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with two 8-pin power connectors. System Suggestions Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a top-End Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | Overview The Nvidia Titan RTX is the top RTX 20 Series graphics card and considered an Enthusiast graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Architecture The Turing architecture represents a process shrink down to 12nm compared to 14nm Pascal. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed Turing TU102-400A-A1 which has 4608 Shader Processing Units, 288 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1350MHz and goes up to 1750MHz in Boost mode. It also has 576 Tensor Cores for AI purposes and 72 RT Cores for real-time ray-tracing. Memory The GPU accesses a 24GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory through a 384-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 280W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with two 8-pin power connectors. System Suggestions Nvidia Titan RTX is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a top-End Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||