NVIDIA RTX 3090

10,496

CUDA Cores

24GB

VRAM

936

GB/s

Consumer
Updated April 21, 2026 • 2026 Edition
RTX 3090 GPU Specifications

Technical Specifications

10,496

CUDA Cores

1395

Base MHz

1695

Boost MHz

24GB GDDR6X

384-bit bus

Performance

35.6

FP32 TFLOPS

71.2

FP16 TFLOPS

350W

TDP

Cloud Availability

5

Available Instances

$0.10/hr

Starting Price

Detailed Specifications

Architecture Ampere (Unknown)
Release Date 2020-09-24
Launch Price $1,499.00
Process 8nm
Transistors 28.3B

AI Features

Gen 3

Tensor Cores

Disabled

Transformer Engine

Not Supported

Flash Attention

Physical Specifications

Dimensions

12.3in

Length

5.4in

Width

3-slot

Height

About RTX 3090 GPU

The NVIDIA RTX 3090 is a powerful GPU designed for AI/ML workloads, offering exceptional performance for both training and inference tasks. With 24GB of VRAM and 10,496 CUDA cores, it provides the memory capacity and computational power needed for modern deep learning models.

Released in 2020, the RTX 3090 features Ampere architecture with advanced AI accelerators including Tensor Cores and Transformer Engine support. This makes it ideal for large language models, computer vision tasks, and generative AI applications.

When considering cloud rental options for the RTX 3090, pricing starts at $0.10/hour from various providers. This GPU offers excellent price-to-performance for AI training workloads, with its high memory bandwidth of 936 GB/s enabling fast data transfer for large datasets.

The RTX 3090 features CUDA compute capability the latest and is compatible with all major deep learning frameworks including PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX. Its 8nm manufacturing process ensures efficient power consumption relative to performance output.

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External Resources

Learn more about GPUs from these authoritative sources:

NVIDIA CUDA Documentation →

Official CUDA programming guide

NVIDIA GPU Specifications →

Official NVIDIA GPU specs

TechPowerUp GPU Database →

Comprehensive GPU specifications

CUDA Compute Capability Guide →

GPU compute capability reference

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