NVIDIA 3x GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

NVIDIA 3x GeForce RTX 4090 $4,797
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti $649
3x 16384 Shaders
72GB (3x 24GB) GDDR6X
2520MHz
2816 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
7.93 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
FP32
247.73 TFLOPS
FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
FP16
247.73 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
3x 3.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
1350W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 40
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV182
AD102
Variant
AD102-300-A1
Codename
NV120
GM200
Variant
GM200-310
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/12/2022
Release Date
6/1/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
3x 608 mm²
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Die Size
601 mm²
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Transistor Count
3x 76.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
8 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.41M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.31M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3x 16384 Shaders
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Shading Units
2816 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
3x 512 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
176 TMUs
Render Output Units
3x 176 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
3x 512 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
3x 128 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
3x 128 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3x 11 GPCs
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2230MHz Base
2520MHz
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1000MHz Base
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
7.93 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
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FP8
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1.98 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
3.96 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
990.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
1.98 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
247.73 TFLOPS
990.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
1.98 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
495.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
990.91 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
247.73 TFLOPS
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FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.87 TFLOPS
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FP64
190 GFLOPS
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BF16
247.73 TFLOPS
495.45 TFLOPS Tensor
990.91 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
247.73 TFLOPS Tensor
495.45 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
3.96 POPS Tensor
7.93 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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1.98 POPS Tensor
3.96 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
24.22 TOPS
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INT32
123.86 TOPS
INT32
6.05 TOPS
Ray Tracing
190.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
443.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
103.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1290.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
189.2 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
72MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
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72GB (3x 24GB)
GDDR6X
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1313MHz
Transfer Rate
21GT/s
Bandwidth
1008GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
1350W
TDP
250W
Temp
90°C Max
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9x DisplayPort 1.4
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3x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
2x NVENC 8
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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