NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 leads on gaming, scoring 109.4 — about 65% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090. For AI workloads the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the clear call: it's both faster and better value in that segment. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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 4090 costs around 20% 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 4090 is faster, but the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 gives more performance for the money.

GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4090NVIDIAour pick
Performance scores
Gaming66.4109.4
3D Modelling73.7101.6
AI56.1101
VR67.6108.3
Value scores
Gaming1917.7
3D Modelling21.116.4
AI1616.3
VR19.317.5
Specifications
steam_share_pct0.360.73
UserBenchmark Speed87.4155
FP32 Compute35.58 TFLOPS82.6 TFLOPS
AI Throughput285 TOPS1321 TOPS
VRAM24 GB24 GB
Mem Bandwidth936.2 GB/s1008 GB/s
TDP350 W450 W
RRP$1,499$1,599

★ 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.