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Best GPUs for deep learning, AI development, compute in 2023–2024. Recommended GPU & hardware for AI training, inference (LLMs, generative AI). GPU training, inference benchmarks using PyTorch, TensorFlow for computer vision (CV), NLP, text-to-speech, etc.
We benchmark these GPUs and compare AI performance (deep learning training; FP16, FP32, PyTorch, TensorFlow), 3d rendering, Cryo-EM performance in the most popular apps (Octane, VRay, Redshift, Blender, Luxmark, Unreal Engine, Relion Cryo-EM).
Our benchmarks will help you decide which GPU (NVIDIA RTX 4090/4080, H100 Hopper, H200, A100, RTX 6000 Ada, A6000, A5000, or RTX 6000 ADA Lovelace) is the best GPU for your needs. We provide an in-depth analysis of the AI performance of each graphic card's performance so you can make the most informed decision possible. We offer deep learning and 3d rendering benchmarks that will help you get the most out of your hardware.
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- NVIDIA RTX 3090 vs. NVIDIA A6000
- NVIDIA A6000 vs. A5000 vs. NVIDIA RTX 3090
- NVIDIA A100 vs. NVIDIA A6000
- NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti vs. Titan RTX vs Quadro RTX8000
Benchmarks
Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1022
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1720
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1809
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5934
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
464
NVIDIA RTX 4090
927
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
822
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1715
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
256.9
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
454.7
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
359
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
635.5
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
280.6
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
496.7
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
192.7
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
341
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
351.9
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
622.9
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
247.6
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
438.3
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Googlenet (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Googlenet (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1821
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5556
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
635
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1445
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
3.12
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1.16
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
4931.88
NVIDIA RTX 4090
12123.96
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
72914
NVIDIA RTX 4090
158815
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
39.7
NVIDIA RTX 4090
92.1
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
105.2
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
53.2
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2024-2025 [Updated]
Training Time (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Performance (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Training Time (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Performance (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]
Eval rate
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
9.95
2 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
19.99
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 285 mm | 336 mm |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Triple-slot |
| TDP | 320 W | 450 W |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1440 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 19000 MHz | 21200 MHz |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 30 | GeForce 40 |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.9 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Die Size | 627 mm2 | 608 mm2 |
| GPU Name | GA102-200-K1-A1 | AD102-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors | 28000 million | 76300 million |
Memory
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 760 GB/s | 1018 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 320 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Size | 10 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
Render Config
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 88 | 192 |
| RT Cores | 68 | 128 |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 8704 | 16384 |
| TMUs | 272 | 512 |
| Tensor Cores | 272 | 512 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 59.54 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS |
| FP32 (float) performance | 29.77 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 930.2 GFLOPS | 1290 GFLOPS |
| Pixel Rate | 150.5 GPixel/s | 483.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 465.1 GTexel/s | 1290 GTexel/s |
Price
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| MSRP | 699 $ | 1599 $ |
| Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 | Oct 12th, 2022 |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | BIZON X5000 More details | BIZON X5500 More details |
| Software | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 456.38 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1 | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: VRay Benchmark: Octane Benchmark: Redshift Benchmark: Blender: Luxmark: |
Recommended hardware
| NVIDIA RTX 3080 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 | BIZON X5500 |