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GeForce RTX 3090

Ampere · Samsung 8N · released 2020-09

Best $/VRAM on the used market. The community pick for cheap 24GB.

VRAM
24 GB
Bandwidth
936 GB/s
TDP
350 W
Qwen3 Q4
64 t/s
Score
78 /100
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01  //  Inference benchmarks

Single-stream decode · llama.cpp

Qwen3 32B · Q4_K_M
64 t/s
Qwen3 32B · Q8_0
39 t/s
Qwen3 32B · FP16
18 t/s
# env llama.cpp b4732 · 4096 ctx · batch=1 · prompt=512 · temp=0.0 · median of 5 runs
02  //  Hardware specs
ArchitectureAmpere
Process nodeSamsung 8N
Memory24 GB
Memory bandwidth936 GB/s
FP16 compute35.6 TFLOPS
INT8 compute71 TOPS
TDP350 W
PCIeGen 4 x16
Form factorTriple-slot
CoolingAxial
03  //  Model fit

Approximate VRAM required to load weights + 4096 ctx KV cache.

Qwen3 32B
128k ctx
Q4
19 GB
FITS
Q8
36 GB
NO
FP16
64 GB
NO
Qwen3 72B
128k ctx
Q4
42 GB
NO
Q8
78 GB
NO
FP16
144 GB
NO
Qwen3 235B
128k ctx
Q4
132 GB
NO
Q8
240 GB
NO
FP16
470 GB
NO
Llama 3.3 70B
128k ctx
Q4
40 GB
NO
Q8
75 GB
NO
FP16
140 GB
NO
DeepSeek V3
128k ctx
Q4
380 GB
NO
Q8
700 GB
NO
FP16
1300 GB
NO
+ STRENGTHS
  • ✓24GB VRAM is enough for 32B-class models at Q4
  • ✓936 GB/s memory bandwidth · top tier in its class
  • ✓Strong tooling: FP16, Q8, Q4 all officially supported
− TRADE-OFFS
  • −Draws 350W under load — plan PSU and thermals accordingly
  • −Limited to triple-slot chassis
  • −Driver lock-in to vendor stack
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