NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3090
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Last updated Oct 22, 2026
Price History & Trend
GeForce RTX 3090 price history in United States: current low $2,399 USD, 12-month low $815 USD, 12-month median $1,320 USD.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg · Best Buy · B&H Photo.
GeForce RTX 3090 Price Summary
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Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg · Best Buy · B&H Photo.
Retail Prices
Overview
The GeForce RTX 3090 is NVIDIA's flagship Ampere graphics card, launched alongside the RTX 3080 in September 2020. Marketed under the TITAN-class positioning of previous generations, it targets content creators and professionals as much as gamers, offering a substantial VRAM advantage over the rest of the Ampere lineup.
With 24GB of GDDR6X memory, the RTX 3090 stands apart from the Ampere stack in workloads that demand large memory pools — 3D rendering, AI model training, video production, and high-resolution texture work. It features 2nd-generation RT cores, 3rd-generation Tensor cores, and DLSS 2 support, sharing the same architectural foundations as the RTX 3080 but with considerably more memory and a slightly higher GPU die configuration.
At a $1,499 MSRP, the RTX 3090 is not primarily a value-oriented gaming purchase. It is best suited to professionals and prosumers who require the large VRAM buffer for their workflows, with enthusiast 4K gaming as a secondary benefit. Pure gamers who do not need 24GB of VRAM would generally find better value elsewhere in the Ampere family.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process Node
- Samsung 8nm
- CUDA Cores
- 10,496
- RT Cores
- 82
- Tensor Cores
- 328
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1,395 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1,695 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 24 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6X
- Memory Bus
- 384-bit
- Memory Speed
- 19.5 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 936 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- TDP
- 350 W
- Power Connectors
- 1x 12-pin
- Released
- Sep 1, 2020
Boards for this GPU
Every GeForce RTX 3090 board we track, cheapest in-region listing first.
| Board | Series | OC | Length | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3090 | Ventus | — | — | $1,830 USD | In stock |
| GIGABYTE Windforce GeForce RTX 3090 | Windforce | — | — | $1,850 USD | In stock |
| ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 | ROG Strix | — | — | $1,950 USD | In stock |
| GIGABYTE Gaming OC GeForce RTX 3090 | Gaming OC | — | — | $2,000 USD | In stock |
| ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 | TUF Gaming | — | — | $2,100 USD | In stock |
| MSI Suprim GeForce RTX 3090 | Suprim | — | — | $2,399 USD | In stock |
| NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3090 | Founders Edition | — | — | $2,499 USD | In stock |
| ASUS ROG Strix White GeForce RTX 3090 | ROG Strix | — | — | $2,687 USD | In stock |
| PNY XLR8 GeForce RTX 3090 | XLR8 | — | — | $900 USD | Out of stock |
How does the GeForce RTX 3090 run popular games?
Fortnite
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