ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 has 16384 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.55 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 83.56 TFLOPS.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 has 10496 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 36.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ada Lovelace architecture, which has 128 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 82 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
AD102-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Ampere
128 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
16384 Shader 10496
176 Render Output Units 112
512 Texture Units 328
128 Raytracing Cores 82

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 is equipped with a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.313 GHz clocks.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.219GHz.

24 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 1.219 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
1008 GB/s Memory bandwidth 936 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 has a turbo clock of 2.550 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 is 1.725 GHz.

2.235 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
2.550 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.70 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

450 W TDP 350 W
450 W TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37-43 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1a HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 is 73 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 is 73 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

348 mm Length 300 mm
160 mm Height 127 mm
73 mm Width 52 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 was released in Q4/2022.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

TUF-RTX4090-24G-GAMING Part-no TUF-RTX3090-24G-GAMING
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2020
1,979 $ Launch Price 1,689 $
5 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
94 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
79 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
197 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
115 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
81 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
144 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
81 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
186 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
132 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
114 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
191 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X
204 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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