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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 for AI

Device pages: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Β· NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 scores 1.01x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 overall (Training 1.35x, Inference 0.99x, Compute 0.56x). It leads on Training and trails on Inference and Compute.

Scores on the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index

Ratio = the RTX 3090's score divided by the RTX 4070's
ScoreRatioRTX 3090RTX 4070
Overall (GT)1.01x202.73201.71
Training1.35x207.55154.20
Inference0.99x294.13297.87
Compute0.56x87.37154.66
  • Runs on the RTX 4070 only: FP8 inference.

Per Model and Precision

Sustained throughput per model and precision; ratio = RTX 3090 / RTX 4070
ModelPrecisionRatioRTX 3090RTX 4070
compute
Dense MatMulBF161.13x130.00114.71
Dense MatMulFP161.13x128.71113.86
Dense MatMulFP321.30x133.30102.23
Dense MatMulFP641.17x3.823.27
Sparse MatMulFP320.34x89.86262.76
Sparse MatMulFP640.22x64.19288.62
inference
DistilBERTFP161.23x520.47421.72
DistilBERTFP8n/anot run285.20
DistilBERTINT81.27x324.84255.90
DistilGPT2FP161.22x474.79390.25
DistilGPT2FP8n/anot run247.53
DistilGPT2INT81.10x273.58247.62
Flan-T5 SmallFP161.12x625.54557.15
Flan-T5 SmallFP8n/anot run412.59
Flan-T5 SmallINT81.23x401.95326.40
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP161.64x279.26170.74
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP8n/anot run85.78
GraphGPS (Peptides)INT81.73x142.3982.53
MobileNetV3FP161.31x961.23732.42
MobileNetV3INT81.28x266.79207.89
training
DistilBERTBF161.38x283.27204.93
DistilBERTFP321.25x319.49255.66
DistilGPT2BF161.46x182.47125.27
DistilGPT2FP321.37x276.90202.74
Flan-T5 SmallBF161.26x163.34129.44
Flan-T5 SmallFP321.25x268.15214.24
GraphGPS (Peptides)BF161.49x115.9877.84
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP321.34x95.9271.33
MobileNetV3BF161.22x181.03147.87
MobileNetV3FP321.46x289.97198.59

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Each figure is the first device's overall score divided by the second's.

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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

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 for AI?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 scores 1.04x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 overall (Training 0.95x, Inference 1.18x, Compute 0.93x). It leads on Inference and trails on Training and Compute.
Where is the difference between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 largest?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the ratio is highest on GraphGPS (Peptides) at FP32 (Training), where the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 scores 1.13x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, and lowest on DistilGPT2 at BF16 (Training), at 0.70x.
Which precisions run on only one of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 runs FP8 inference; a precision a device cannot execute scores zero.
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.

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