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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 OC Edition
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
- VRAM
- 24 GB
- Launch price
- $1,600
- Released
- 2020
Specifications
| Maker | ASUS |
|---|---|
| Type | Graphics card |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
| Video memory (VRAM) | 24.0 GB |
| Usable for AI models | 24.0 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 936 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 35.6 TFLOPS |
| Notes | 2.7-slot. |
| Product page | www.asus.com (opens in a new tab) |
Cards built on the same GPU with the same memory run AI models at practically the same speed; factory overclocks and coolers change results by only a few percent.
Best LLMs for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 OC Edition
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.8 27B | Q4_K_M | 19.3 GB | 41.4 tok/s | Runs great |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Gemma 4 26B-A4B | Q6_K | 23.4 GB | 119 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.6 27B | Q4_K_M | 19.3 GB | 41.4 tok/s | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 27B | Q4_K_M | 19.3 GB | 41.4 tok/s | Runs great |
| 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Muse Glimmer 30B | Q4_K_M | 20.1 GB | 38.6 tok/s | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 23.9 GB | 167 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 23.4 GB | 167 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nanbeige4.3 33B | Q4_K_M | 23.7 GB | 34.7 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 23.9 GB | 167 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | TMax 27B | Q4_K_M | 19.0 GB | 42.0 tok/s | Runs great |
Best Image models for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 OC Edition
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Krea 2 Turbo | FP8 | 20.2 GB | 7.3 s | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | ERNIE-Image Turbo | Q8 GGUF | 15.0 GB | 6.9 s | Runs great |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | FP8 | 19.9 GB | 3.0 s | Runs great |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX 3 Image Klein | FP8 | 12.4 GB | 9.6 s | Runs great |
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | FP16 | 18.1 GB | 1.9 s | Runs great |
| 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Z-Image Turbo | Q8 GGUF | 13.0 GB | 5.4 s | Runs great |
Best Video models for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 OC Edition
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio) | FP8 | 19.7 GB | 3.3 min | Runs greatCPU offload |
| 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Bernini-R A14B (video generation + editing) | FP8 | 20.3 GB | 21.3 min | Slowencoder in RAM |
| 50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-Video 2B | FP16 | 17.5 GB | 47 s | Runs great |
| 45Fair quality (C) · 45 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | CogVideoX 2B | FP16 | 17.5 GB | 1.9 min | Runs great |
| 72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FramePack I2V (HunyuanVideo 13B) | FP8 | 19.6 GB | 11.8 min | Runs wellencoder in RAM |
Best Decision models for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 OC Edition
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Reranker 4B | F16 | 10.1 GB | 99 ms | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | zerank-2 | F16 | 10.1 GB | 99 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3.5 | F16 | 3.2 GB | 18 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Shieldstral 1.0 3B | F16 | 9.7 GB | 95 ms | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Intern-Decision 4B | F16 | 10.9 GB | 66 ms | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3 | F16 | 3.2 GB | 18 ms | Runs great |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | d1 3B | F16 | 8.1 GB | 47 ms | Runs great |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | mxbai-rerank-large v2 | F16 | 4.9 GB | 40 ms | Runs great |
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Spec sources
Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.


