GeForce RTX 3090 vs GTX 690

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce RTX 3090, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 690
2012
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 GDDR5, 300 Watt
14.28

RTX 3090 outperforms GTX 690 by a whopping 386% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking36624
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.4614.73
Power efficiency3.2813.69
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 May 2012 (12 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $1,499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3090 has 909% better value for money than GTX 690.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores307210496
Core clock speed915 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speed1019 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate130.4556.0
Floating-point processing power3.13 TFLOPS35.58 TFLOPS
ROPs32112
TMUs128328
Tensor Coresno data328
Ray Tracing Coresno data82

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length279 mm336 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR524 GB
Memory bus width512-bit (256-bit per GPU)384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1219 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s936.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.21x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMIYes (via dongle)+
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 690 14.28
RTX 3090 69.46
+386%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 690 5489
RTX 3090 26706
+387%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 690 13160
RTX 3090 47241
+259%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 690 18201
RTX 3090 191364
+951%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 690 14979
RTX 3090 179816
+1100%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 690 12263
RTX 3090 238123
+1842%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD40−45
−393%
197
+393%
1440p24−27
−433%
128
+433%
4K16−18
−444%
87
+444%

Cost per frame, $

1080p24.98
−228%
7.61
+228%
1440p41.63
−255%
11.71
+255%
4K62.44
−262%
17.23
+262%
  • RTX 3090 has 228% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 3090 has 255% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 3090 has 262% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 220
+0%
220
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 207
+0%
207
+0%
Elden Ring 238
+0%
238
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 102
+0%
102
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 188
+0%
188
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 151
+0%
151
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 505
+0%
505
+0%
Metro Exodus 169
+0%
169
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 130
+0%
130
+0%
Valorant 393
+0%
393
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 161
+0%
161
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 135
+0%
135
+0%
Dota 2 186
+0%
186
+0%
Elden Ring 297
+0%
297
+0%
Far Cry 5 147
+0%
147
+0%
Fortnite 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 402
+0%
402
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 171
+0%
171
+0%
Metro Exodus 150
+0%
150
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 132
+0%
132
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 222
+0%
222
+0%
World of Tanks 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 95
+0%
95
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 146
+0%
146
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 121
+0%
121
+0%
Dota 2 213
+0%
213
+0%
Far Cry 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 351
+0%
351
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Valorant 296
+0%
296
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 150
+0%
150
+0%
Elden Ring 189
+0%
189
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 150
+0%
150
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+0%
92
+0%
World of Tanks 450−500
+0%
450−500
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 91
+0%
91
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 96
+0%
96
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 87
+0%
87
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 266
+0%
266
+0%
Metro Exodus 139
+0%
139
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 152
+0%
152
+0%
Valorant 295
+0%
295
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 59
+0%
59
+0%
Dota 2 182
+0%
182
+0%
Elden Ring 105
+0%
105
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 182
+0%
182
+0%
Metro Exodus 76
+0%
76
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 64
+0%
64
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 182
+0%
182
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 91
+0%
91
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45
+0%
45
+0%
Dota 2 202
+0%
202
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Fortnite 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 159
+0%
159
+0%
Valorant 188
+0%
188
+0%

This is how GTX 690 and RTX 3090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3090 is 393% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3090 is 433% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3090 is 444% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.28 69.46
Recency 3 May 2012 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 350 Watt

GTX 690 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090, on the other hand, has a 386.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 690 in performance tests.


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