GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Playstation 3 GPU 90nm

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated39
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameRSX-90nmGN21-X11
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 November 2006 (17 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data9728
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2040 MHz
Number of transistors300 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate12.00515.3

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Playstation 3 GPU 90nm and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Length325 mmno data
WidthIGPno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLES 1.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2006 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

We couldn't decide between Playstation 3 GPU 90nm and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Playstation 3 GPU 90nm is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Playstation 3 GPU 90nm
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