BenchPair

GeForce RTX 3090 bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 15 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (88th percentile). Paired with a Ryzen 5 8400F it lands near 127 fps at 1080p and 36 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsAmpere · 2020
ArchitectureAmpere
Shading units10,496
Boost clock1,695 MHz
Memory24 GB
Memory bandwidth936.2 GB/s
Board power350 W
Released2020
Frame rate by resolutionwith Ryzen 5 8400F, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 127 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 75 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 57 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 36 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 5 8400F 127 0.1%
Ryzen 7 5700X3D 127 0.3%
Ryzen 7 5700X 126 0.8%
Ryzen 7 5800 126 0.8%
Core i5-13400 126 0.9%
Core i5-13400F 126 0.9%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Ryzen 5 8400F
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 52 OK
Fortnite 104 OK
Counter-Strike 2 193 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 75 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 58 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 63 OK

Who a GeForce RTX 3090 is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

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.

A note on age

Released in 2020, this card is 6 years old. Beyond raw speed, older hardware misses features newer engines increasingly assume — mesh shaders, hardware ray tracing, and the newest upscalers. A modern title may run worse than these numbers suggest, or refuse to launch, for reasons the model cannot see.

Where it sits

Ranked 15 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Radeon RX 7900 GRE, GeForce RTX 4070 Super. Just below: Radeon RX 6950 XT, Radeon RX 9070. Full method on the methodology page.