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GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 3090

Intro

The GeForce RTX 3070 features a GPU core speed of 1500 MHz, and the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory is set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 5888 Stream Processors, 184 Texture Address Units, and 96 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3090, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1395 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1219 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is made up of 10496 SPUs, 328 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3070 220 Watts
GeForce RTX 3090 350 Watts
Difference: 130 Watts (59%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3090 should theoretically be just a bit better than the GeForce RTX 3070 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090 958668 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3070 (Unknown) MB/sec
Difference: 958668 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 should be much (more or less 66%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3070. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090 457560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3070 276000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 181560 (66%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 will be a bit (more or less 9%) better at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3070, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090 156240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3070 144000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 12240 (9%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce RTX 3070 GeForce RTX 3090
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2020 September 2020
Code Name Ampere GA104-300-A1 GA102-300-A1
Memory 8192 MB 24576 MB
Core Speed 1500 MHz 1395 MHz
Memory Speed 1750 GB/s 1219 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 220 watts 350 watts
Bandwidth (Unknown) MB/sec 958668 MB/sec
Texel Rate 276000 Mtexels/sec 457560 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 144000 Mpixels/sec 156240 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 5888 10496
Texture Mapping Units 184 328
Render Output Units 96 112
Bus Type GDDR6 GDDR6X
Bus Width 256-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors 17400 million 28300 million
Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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