Real World Speed
Performance profile from 181,854 user samples
158,856 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 230% EVGA(3842 3982) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 185% EVGA(3842 3982) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 185% Great: 230%
SPEED RANK: 10th / 714
22,998 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 305% MSI(1462 5110)
Worst Bench: 263% Asus(1043 88CB) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 263% Great: 305%
SPEED RANK: 3rd / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
210 % 290 % Much faster effective speed.
+38%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
310 fps 435 fps Much better lighting effects.
+40%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
302 fps 436 fps Much better reflection handling.
+44%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
350 fps 540 fps Much faster multi rendering.
+54%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
254 fps 364 fps Much faster NBody calculation.
+43%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
349 fps 464 fps Much better peak lighting effects.
+33%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
386 fps 579 fps Much better peak reflection handling.
+50%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
378 fps 571 fps Much faster peak multi rendering.
+51%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
274 fps 384 fps Much faster peak NBody calculation.
+40%
Market Share
Based on 67,418,401 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.93 % 0.96 % +3%
Value
Value For Money
38.9 % 95.5 % Hugely better value.
+146%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
71 % 89 % More popular.
+25%
Price
Price (score)
$1,280 $720 Much cheaper.
+44%
Age
Newest
43 Months 17 Months Much more recent.
+60%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
373 fps 509 fps Much better peak texture detail.
+36%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
196 fps 275 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+40%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
329 fps 455 fps Much better texture detail.
+38%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
186 fps 261 fps Much faster complex splatting.
+40%
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The RTX 3090 is Nvidia’s 3000 series flagship. It takes the crown as the fastest consumer graphics card money can buy. Nvidia’s new Ampere architecture, which supersedes Turing, offers both improved power efficiency and performance. The 3090 features 10,496 CUDA cores and 328 Tensor cores, it has a base clock of 1.4 GHz boosting to 1.7 GHz, 24 GB of memory and a power draw of 350 W. The 3090 offers more than double the memory and beats the previous generation’s flagship RTX 2080 Ti significantly in terms of effective speed. That said, the 3090 also comes with a hefty $1,500 price tag. Professional users, such as game developers, that can make use of 24 GB of memory, may find value in the 3090. Regular users should be wary of the hype around 8k gaming. High end gamers ought to consider the 3080 which offers comparable gaming performance for less than half the money. In terms of real world performance, Nvidia’s 3000 series has more or less put AMD’s Radeon group in checkmate. Nonetheless, AMD’s marketers are capable of delivering elaborate BS albeit whilst struggling to keep a straight face. Their marketing infrastructure outsold Intel in the CPU market despite a 15% performance deficit. Without an appropriate social media marketing strategy, Nvidia will probably lose considerable market share, for all the wrong reasons. [Sep '20 GPUPro]

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The RTX 4080 is based on Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace architecture. It features 9,728 cores with base / boost clocks of 2.2 / 2.5 GHz, 16 GB of memory, a 256-bit memory bus, 76 3rd gen RT cores, 304 4th gen Tensor cores, DLSS 3 and a TDP of 320W. Performance gains will vary depending on the specific game and resolution. With a 4080 tier card 1080p in-game fps will often get CPU bottlenecked which prevents the GPU from delivering higher fps. At higher (often sub-optimal) resolutions (1440p, 4K etc) the 4080 will show increasing improvements compared to lesser cards. When fps are not CPU bottlenecked at all, such as during GPU benchmarks, the 4080 is around 50% faster than the 3080 and 25% faster than the 3090-Ti, these figures are approximate upper bounds for in-game fps improvements. The 4080 has an MSRP of $1,200 USD. Since PC gamers rarely buy AMD GPUs, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with. AMD continue to burn their credibility with PC gamers. Following a series of over-hyped releases which were heavily promoted on youtube, forums, reddit and twitter, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. As time goes on, AMD’s “Advanced Marketing” has a decreasing impact on consumers. Meanwhile, Nvidia remains focused on novel goals such as better graphics (RT/DLSS), frame consistency, game compatibility and driver stability. Consumers looking for better value should wait a few more months for the 4060 / 4070 models by which time AMD's 7900 series will also probably be heavily discounted. Alternatively, shoppers looking to buy in the near term should consider the last gen. 3060-Ti, which offers excellent real-world (1080p) performance at a fraction of the price ($400 USD). [Nov '22 GPUPro]

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Graphics Card Rankings (Price vs Performance) April 2024 GPU Rankings

We calculate effective 3D speed which estimates gaming performance for the top 12 games. Effective speed is adjusted by current prices to yield value for money. Our figures are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top GPUs. [GPUPro]

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