GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs Radeon RX 590

Place in the ranking	227	11
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.48	8.26
Power efficiency	9.65	11.87
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Polaris 30	GA102
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 November 2018 (5 years ago)	27 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 590 has 208% better value for money than RTX 3090 Ti.

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 cores	2304	10752
Core clock speed	1469 MHz	1560 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1860 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	222.5	625.0
Floating-point processing power	7.119 TFLOPS	40 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	112
TMUs	144	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	336 mm
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	1,008 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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.

RX 590 24.33

RTX 3090 Ti 76.94
+216%

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.

RX 590 9390

RTX 3090 Ti 29687
+216%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 590 23363

RTX 3090 Ti 69481
+197%

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.

RX 590 16814

RTX 3090 Ti 53110
+216%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 590 86825

RTX 3090 Ti 246319
+184%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 590 397712

RTX 3090 Ti 564087
+41.8%

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 HD	98 −128%	223 +128%
1440p	56 −171%	152 +171%
4K	37 −186%	106 +186%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45

−448%

219
+448%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65 −143%	150−160 +143%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	86 −86%	160 +86%
Battlefield 5	136 −79.4%	240−250 +79.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	69 −73.9%	120−130 +73.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −403%	201 +403%
Far Cry 5	90 −31.1%	110−120 +31.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	90 −113%	190−200 +113%
Forza Horizon 4	274 +10.9%	240−250 −10.9%
Hitman 3	45−50 −163%	120−130 +163%
Horizon Zero Dawn	301 +9.5%	270−280 −9.5%
Metro Exodus	124 −25%	150−160 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	91 −35.2%	120−130 +35.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140 −138%	300−350 +138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	272 +76.6%	150−160 −76.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	113 −39.8%	150−160 +39.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73 −89%	138 +89%
Battlefield 5	122 −100%	240−250 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	64 −87.5%	120−130 +87.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −333%	173 +333%
Far Cry 5	74 −59.5%	110−120 +59.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	71 −170%	190−200 +170%
Forza Horizon 4	259 +4.9%	240−250 −4.9%
Hitman 3	45−50 −163%	120−130 +163%
Horizon Zero Dawn	287 +4.4%	270−280 −4.4%
Metro Exodus	97 −59.8%	150−160 +59.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	74 −66.2%	120−130 +66.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	114 −192%	300−350 +192%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −219%	160−170 +219%
Watch Dogs: Legion	261 +69.5%	150−160 −69.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	39 −305%	150−160 +305%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	62 −98.4%	123 +98.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	46 −161%	120−130 +161%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −280%	152 +280%
Far Cry 5	55 −115%	110−120 +115%
Forza Horizon 4	91 −171%	240−250 +171%
Hitman 3	45−50 −163%	120−130 +163%
Horizon Zero Dawn	96 −186%	270−280 +186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100 −233%	300−350 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 −278%	193 +278%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35 −271%	130 +271%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−92.2%

120−130
+92.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −261%	160−170 +261%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −203%	110−120 +203%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −268%	90−95 +268%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 −96.4%	108 +96.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	38 −116%	80−85 +116%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −593%	104 +593%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −200%	80−85 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 −95%	270−280 +95%
Hitman 3	27−30 −290%	110−120 +290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	72 −182%	200−210 +182%
Metro Exodus	58 −112%	120−130 +112%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70 −226%	220−230 +226%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −380%	140−150 +380%
Watch Dogs: Legion	203 −18.2%	240−250 +18.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−184%

120−130
+184%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	39 −126%	85−90 +126%
Far Cry New Dawn	26 −165%	65−70 +165%
Hitman 3	18−20 −263%	65−70 +263%
Horizon Zero Dawn	57 −296%	220−230 +296%
Metro Exodus	36 −256%	120−130 +256%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	32 −441%	173 +441%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	19 −247%	65−70 +247%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 −73.8%	73 +73.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 −160%	50−55 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −783%	53 +783%
Far Cry 5	17 −194%	50−55 +194%
Forza Horizon 4	46 −215%	140−150 +215%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40 −215%	120−130 +215%
Watch Dogs: Legion	13 −438%	70 +438%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−197%

85−90
+197%

This is how RX 590 and RTX 3090 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 3090 Ti is 128% faster in 1080p
RTX 3090 Ti is 171% faster in 1440p
RTX 3090 Ti is 186% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 590 is 77% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3090 Ti is 783% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 590 is ahead in 6 tests (8%)
RTX 3090 Ti is ahead in 66 tests (92%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.33	76.94
Recency	15 November 2018	27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	450 Watt

RX 590 has 157.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090 Ti, on the other hand, has a 216.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 590 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.