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 3090NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5090NVIDIAour pick
Performance scores
Gaming66.4141.2 ★
3D Modelling73.7141.5 ★
AI56.1137.8 ★
VR67.6142.9 ★
Value scores
Gaming19 ★15.9
3D Modelling21.1 ★16
AI16 ★15.5
VR19.3 ★16.1
Specifications
steam_share_pct0.360.42 ★
UserBenchmark Speed87.4183 ★
FP32 Compute35.58 TFLOPS104.8 TFLOPS ★
AI Throughput285 TOPS1676 TOPS ★
VRAM24 GB32 GB ★
Mem Bandwidth936.2 GB/s1792 GB/s ★
TDP350 W ★575 W
RRP$1,499 ★$1,999

★ 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.