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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

AMD Radeon R9 270X

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

939%
939%

AMD Radeon R9 270X

12%
12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 is approximately 927% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GA102
Curacao
CoresDifferent
10496
1280
TMUsDifferent
328
80
ROPsDifferent
112
32
Memory SizeDifferent
24 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
384 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU NameDifferent
GA102
Curacao
GPU VariantDifferent
GA102-300-A1
Curacao XT(215-0848004)
ArchitectureDifferent
Ampere
GCN 1.0
FoundryDifferent
Samsung
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
8 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
28,300 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
45.1M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
628 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-3328
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
Release DateDifferent
Sep 1st, 2020
Oct 8th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 24th, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 30
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 40
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
1,499 USD
199 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
59 in our database
90 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
Base ClockDifferent
1395 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1695 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1219 MHz19.5 Gbps effective
1400 MHz5.6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
Memory SizeDifferent
24 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
384 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
936.2 GB/s
179.2 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
Shading UnitsDifferent
10496
1280
TMUsDifferent
328
80
ROPsDifferent
112
32
SM CountDifferent
82
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
328
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
82
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
6 MB
512 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
20

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
Pixel RateDifferent
189.8 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
556.0 GTexel/s
84.00 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
35.58 TFLOPS
2.688 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
Slot WidthDifferent
Triple-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
336 mm13.2 inches
241 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
140 mm5.5 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
61 mm2.4 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
350 W
180 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
750 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 12-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG132 SKU 10
C631, 109-C63257-00A_02, 109-C63257-12_02

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon R9 270X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
8.6
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Performance112%

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Radeon RX 9070 Performance112%

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GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Performance103%

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GeForce RTX 5070 Performance101%

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GeForce GTX 960 Performance119%

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GeForce GTX 670 Performance116%

GeForce GTX 670 is 16% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon HD 5970

Radeon HD 5970 Performance105%

Radeon HD 5970 is 5% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 1630

GeForce GTX 1630 Performance105%

GeForce GTX 1630 is 5% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 1050

GeForce GTX 1050 Performance103%

GeForce GTX 1050 is 3% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 760

GeForce GTX 760 Performance102%

GeForce GTX 760 is 2% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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