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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 32% to 205%, including 205% in 3DMark Speed Way (15,488 vs 5,075). On qwen3.5:35b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 165.2 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 111.2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. Released 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090), 2025 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090). MSRP range: $1,499 · $1,999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
vram gb 2432
vram type GDDR6XGDDR7
tdp w 350575
cuda cores 1049621760

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from TechPowerUp, 3DMark, esports.hwbot.org, HWBOT, Overclocking.com, Tom's Hardware, Notebookcheck, PassMark and PCBench; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, esports.hwbot.org, HWBOT		 15,039 points41,238 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 5,075 points15,488 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 5,229 points11,906 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —14,133 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12 Graphics Score) (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 5,112 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark		 18,824 points39,365 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 9,800 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,069 pts1,412 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, PCBench		 26,548 pts38,935 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —2 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 32% to 205%, including 205% in 3DMark Speed Way (15,488 vs 5,075).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3.5:35b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 165.2 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 111.2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 launched at a $1,499 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at $1,999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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