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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Key differences

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 10,752)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 84)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 336)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 1008 GB/s)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has lower Slot width (2.5 slots vs 3.5 slots)

Full spec comparison

Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM24 GB32 GB
Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR7
Memory bus width384 bit512 bit
Memory bandwidth1008 GB/s1792 GB/s
Shading cores10,75221,760
RT cores84170
Tensor / AI cores336680
Base clock1560 MHz2010 MHz
Boost clock1860 MHz2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 2DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP450 W575 W
Recommended PSU850 W1000 W
Power connector1× 16-pin / 3× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length336 mm304 mm
Slot width3.5 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.13× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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