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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

NVIDIA · GPU · LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, recorded 2026-10-16

On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 ranks 25 of 44 devices overall with a GT of 202.73 (Training 207.55, rank 23; Inference 294.13, rank 25; Compute 87.37, rank 28); overall it scores 0.22x the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3 and 0.45x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

202.73
GT · rank #25 of 44

Where It Sits on the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index

Rank among all 44 devices; further right is higher.

  • Overall (GT)rank 25 of 44
  • Trainingrank 23 of 44
  • Inferencerank 25 of 44
  • Computerank 28 of 44
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090's score divided by the reference device's score
Compared withOverallTrainingInferenceCompute
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM30.22x0.29x0.18x0.18x
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40900.45x0.62x0.45x0.24x
Nearest devices on each score, with this device's score divided by theirs
ScoreNext aboveRatioNext belowRatio
Training NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER0.98x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50701.05x
Inference NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40700.99x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti1.04x
Compute NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti0.92x DGX Spark (NVIDIA GB10)1.03x
  • Did not execute: FP8 inference (scored zero).

training

207.55 category score
Model Precision Sustained
MobileNetV3 FP32 289.97
MobileNetV3 BF16 181.03
Flan-T5 Small FP32 268.15
Flan-T5 Small BF16 163.34
DistilGPT2 FP32 276.90
DistilGPT2 BF16 182.47
DistilBERT FP32 319.49
DistilBERT BF16 283.27
GraphGPS (Peptides) FP32 95.92
GraphGPS (Peptides) BF16 115.98

inference

294.13 category score
Model Precision Sustained
MobileNetV3 FP16 961.23
MobileNetV3 INT8 266.79
Flan-T5 Small FP16 625.54
Flan-T5 Small INT8 401.95
Flan-T5 Small FP8 0.00
DistilGPT2 FP16 474.79
DistilGPT2 INT8 273.58
DistilGPT2 FP8 0.00
DistilBERT FP16 520.47
DistilBERT INT8 324.84
DistilBERT FP8 0.00
GraphGPS (Peptides) FP16 279.26
GraphGPS (Peptides) INT8 142.39
GraphGPS (Peptides) FP8 0.00

compute

87.37 category score
Model Precision Sustained
Dense MatMul FP32 133.30
Dense MatMul FP16 128.71
Dense MatMul BF16 130.00
Dense MatMul FP64 3.82
Sparse MatMul FP32 89.86
Sparse MatMul FP64 64.19

LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index · GT = LynxBenchAI Global Score. Every precision result is sustained throughput under a declared, bounded optimisation budget — no collapsed single number below the category level.

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How to Read These Results

A LynxBenchAI score is sustained throughput on a fixed catalogue of PyTorch models, measured after a warm-up at a batch size raised until throughput stops improving, so it is what the machine holds under load, not its best instant. Training, Inference and Compute are three separate scores; GT combines them (Training and Inference weigh 0.4 each, Compute 0.2).

Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Scores compare only within one Index: the 26Q3 Index fixes the models, precisions, correctness thresholds and scoring, and a later Index may change them. Each test is one timed window, the scores have no 0-100 scale, and a precision a device cannot run scores zero rather than being skipped.

LynxBenchAI is built by TechnoLynx, which the European Commission engaged as an independent expert advisor on AI performance and benchmarking for AI Gigafactories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (case study).

Questions

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 for AI workloads?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 ranks 25 of 44 devices overall with a GT of 202.73 (Training 207.55, rank 23; Inference 294.13, rank 25; Compute 87.37, rank 28); overall it scores 0.22x the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3 and 0.45x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
How does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 compare with the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 scores 0.22x the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3 overall: Training 0.29x, Inference 0.18x, Compute 0.18x.
How does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 compare with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 scores 0.45x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 overall: Training 0.62x, Inference 0.45x, Compute 0.24x.
Which precisions did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 not run?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 did not execute FP8 inference; those results score zero rather than being left out.
What does this result tell me about my own PyTorch model?
Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Measure your own NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: pip install lynxbench-ai · Install guide →

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