BenchPair

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 11 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (91th percentile). Paired with a Ryzen 7 8700F it lands near 142 fps at 1080p and 40 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsAmpere · 2022
ArchitectureAmpere
Shading units10,752
Boost clock1,860 MHz
Memory24 GB
Memory bandwidth1008.3 GB/s
Board power450 W
Released2022
Frame rate by resolutionwith Ryzen 7 8700F, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 142 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 84 98% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 64 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 40 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Ryzen 7 8700F 142 0.1%
Core i9-12900 142 0.1%
Core i9-12900F 142 0.1%
Ryzen 9 5900X 142 0.8%
Core i5-13600K 142 0.9%
Core i5-13600KF 142 0.9%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Ryzen 7 8700F
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 58 OK
Fortnite 116 OK
Counter-Strike 2 205 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 84 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 64 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 70 OK

Who a GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is actually for

This is flagship silicon, and flagship silicon has an awkward property: at 1080p it spends most of its time waiting. There is simply not enough pixel work at that resolution to keep 10,752 shading units busy, so the processor becomes the limit and a large part of what you paid for sits idle.

It earns its price at 4K, at high refresh rates, or with ray tracing turned up — workloads heavy enough to actually saturate it. If you play at 1080p on a 60 Hz panel, a card several tiers down will give you the same experience.

Is 24 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 24 GB clears every title we model with room to spare. Memory is not the constraint on this card, and it is unlikely to become one within its useful life.

Where it sits

Ranked 11 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super, Radeon RX 7900 XT. Just below: GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, Radeon RX 7900 GRE. Full method on the methodology page.