NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 leads on gaming, scoring 141.2 — about 113% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 comes out ahead in 4 of the 4 uses we score. On today's street prices the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 is the cheaper of the two: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 costs around 153% more. For bang for your buck, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 is the stronger value pick. It's a split call: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is faster, but the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 gives more performance for the money.
| GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIA | GeForce RTX 5090NVIDIAour pick | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance scores | ||
| Gaming | 66.4 | 141.2 ★ |
| 3D Modelling | 73.7 | 141.5 ★ |
| AI | 56.1 | 137.8 ★ |
| VR | 67.6 | 142.9 ★ |
| Value scores | ||
| Gaming | 19 ★ | 15.9 |
| 3D Modelling | 21.1 ★ | 16 |
| AI | 16 ★ | 15.5 |
| VR | 19.3 ★ | 16.1 |
| Specifications | ||
| steam_share_pct | 0.36 | 0.42 ★ |
| UserBenchmark Speed | 87.4 | 183 ★ |
| FP32 Compute | 35.58 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS ★ |
| AI Throughput | 285 TOPS | 1676 TOPS ★ |
| VRAM | 24 GB | 32 GB ★ |
| Mem Bandwidth | 936.2 GB/s | 1792 GB/s ★ |
| TDP | 350 W ★ | 575 W |
| RRP | £1,184 ★ | £1,579 |
★ marks the winner on each row (for TDP, latency and price, lower is better). Ties unmarked. Scores are our own absolute figures; specs and prices are facts from their sources.
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