Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Review

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is comparatively with even higher performance levels with a factory overclock. It's now the fastest graphics card, but we're nearing the launch window for next-gen GPUs. That, plus the high price and power draw make this card a highly questionable choice.

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti launched om 29 March 2022. It now reigns as the king of graphics cards, surpassing its 3090 predecessor by up to 10% — provided you're testing at 4K. But that performance comes at a cost, and not just in terms of dollars. The RTX 3090 Ti also takes the crown as the single most power hungry GPU we've ever tested (not including dual-GPU solutions like the 2014-era Titan Z), pushing the limits of how much juice a graphics card can guzzle.

If all you want is the fastest GPU possible, efficiency be damned, this is now the best graphics card and the top solution in GPU benchmarks hierarchy. But much like sports car enthusiasts might look at a Ferrari or Lamborghini with no intention of buying one, most PC gamers will want to stick with the RTX 3080 or RTX 3080 Ti and give this a pass.You can capture up to 8K HDR footage with the GeForece experience with ShdowPlay feature and play back smoothly with AV1 decode.

The Cards: Asus, MSI and Gainward

Starting with the Asus TUF Gaming OC, the RTX 3090 version was already very large, but the 3090 Ti is even bigger, weighing 1677 grams which isn't that crazy, but the dimensions are quite something measuring 325mm long, 150mm tall, and a whopping 63mm wide making this a 3-slot graphics card.

Externally, it looks like any other 30-series TUF Gaming graphics card. There are three 100mm fans wrapped in an aluminium shroud and on the backside you get a full size aluminium backplate. The stainless steel I/O bracket features three DisplayPort outputs and two HDMI outputs.

Performance comparison with RTX 2080 Ti:

Some previous version specification comparison:

GPU Specifications & Comparison

Graphics Card	RTX 3090 Ti ASUS	RTX 3090 Ti	RTX 3090	RTX 3080 Ti	RTX 3080	RX 6900 XT
Architecture	GA102	GA102	GA102	GA102	GA102	Navi 21
Process Technology	Samsung 8N	Samsung 8N	Samsung 8N	Samsung 8N	Samsung 8N	TSMC N7
Transistors (Billion)	28.3	28.3	28.3	28.3	28.3	26.8
Die size (mm^2)	628.4	628.4	628.4	628.4	628.4	519
SMs / CUs	84	84	82	80	68	80
GPU Cores	10752	10752	10496	10240	8704	5120
Tensor Cores	336	336	328	320	272	N/A
RT Cores	84	84	82	80	68	80
Boost Clock (MHz)	1950 (OC mode)	1860	1695	1665	1710	2250
VRAM Speed (Gbps)	21	21	19.5	19	19	16
VRAM (GB)	24	24	24	12	10	16
VRAM Bus Width	384	384	384	384	320	256
ROPs	112	112	112	112	96	128
TMUs	336	336	328	320	272	320
TFLOPS FP32 (Boost)	41.9	40	35.6	34.1	29.8	23
TFLOPS FP16 (Tensor)	168 (335)	160 (320)	142 (285)	136 (273)	119 (238)	N/A
RT TFLOPS	81.9	78.1	69.5	66.6	58.1	N/A
Bandwidth (GBps)	1008	1008	936	912	760	512
TDP (watts)	480	450	350	350	320	300
Launch Date	Mar 2022	Mar 2022	Sep 2020	Jun 2021	Sep 2020	Dec 2020
MSRP	$2,099	$1,999	$1,499	$1,199	$699	$999
Online Price	$2,149	$2,008	$1,919	$1,299	$969	$1,149

Pros

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  + Fastest GPU currently available

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  + Decent factory overclock

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  + 21Gbps GDDR6X with improved VRAM cooling

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  + Fast for content creation workloads

Cons

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  Massive power draw

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  Feels late to the party, with Ada on the horizon

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  Extreme price for a minor performance boost