GeForce RTX 4090 Ti vs RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGA104AD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)2023 (1 year ago)
Current priceno data$1635

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 cores409618176
Boost clock speed1170 MHz2565 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate149.81,457

Form factor & compatibility

Information on RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB and GeForce RTX 4090 Ti 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.

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount12 GB24 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed14 GB/s24 GB/s
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s1,152 GB/s

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 600 Watt

We couldn't decide between RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB and GeForce RTX 4090 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 Ti is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
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