NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
2.2x more pipelines: 10496 vs 4864
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 983 vs 931
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25641 vs 19677
Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 205421 vs 120259
Around 68% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19930 vs 11856

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	556.0 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10496 vs 4864
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	983 vs 931
PassMark - G3D Mark	25641 vs 19677
Geekbench - OpenCL	205421 vs 120259
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	19930 vs 11856

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

931

983

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19677

25641

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

120259

205421

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

11856

19930

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark	931	983
PassMark - G3D Mark	19677	25641
Geekbench - OpenCL	120259	205421
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11856	19930

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA102
Launch date	1 Dec 2020	1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$1499
Place in performance rating	6	1
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)	35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS	35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	10496
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	Triple-slot
Height		138 mm (5.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X