ROG Ally Extreme GPU vs GeForce RTX 3090

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.92no data
Power efficiency13.58no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102Phoenix
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores10496768
Core clock speed1395 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz2700 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate556.0129.6
Floating-point processing power35.58 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs11232
TMUs32848
Tensor Cores328no data
Ray Tracing Cores8212

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length336 mm280 mm
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6XLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1219 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth936.2 GB/s51.2 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2020 13 June 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 30 Watt

RTX 3090 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ROG Ally Extreme GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3090 and ROG Ally Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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