GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon HD 3100

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated19
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data16.67
ArchitectureRV6xx (2007−2010)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameRS780MCAmpere GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 August 2008 (15 years ago)24 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,499
Current price$65 $1198 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4010496
Core clock speed350 MHz1400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1700 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rateno data556.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 3100 and GeForce RTX 3090 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.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data313 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-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 typeno dataGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB24 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data19500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data936.2 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkanno data1.2
CUDAno data8.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 August 2008 24 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3100 and GeForce RTX 3090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 3100 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 is a desktop one.


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