NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1365 MHz
- Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1680 MHz
- 5.5x more pipelines: 10496 vs 1920
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 6 GB
- Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 983 vs 751
- Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25728 vs 13846
- 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19930 vs 7603
- 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 205208 vs 70360
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 Sep 2020 vs 7 January 2019 |
| Core clock speed | 1395 MHz vs 1365 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz vs 1680 MHz |
| Pipelines | 10496 vs 1920 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 12 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 24 GB vs 6 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 983 vs 751 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 25728 vs 13846 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 19930 vs 7603 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 205208 vs 70360 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
- 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 350 Watt
- 11.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 160 Watt vs 350 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective) |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 983 | 751 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 25728 | 13846 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 19930 | 7603 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 205208 | 70360 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 220.629 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 3131.344 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 21.852 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 135.725 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1126.61 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 19427 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 23622 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 56437 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 19427 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 23622 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 56437 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| Code name | GA102 | TU106 |
| Launch date | 1 Sep 2020 | 7 January 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1499 | $349 |
| Place in performance rating | 1 | 8 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price now | $349.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 62.74 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1395 MHz | 1365 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 35.58 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 10496 | 1920 |
| Pixel fill rate | 189.8 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 556.0 GTexel/s | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 350 Watt | 160 Watt |
| Transistor count | 28300 million | 10,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| DisplayPort count | 2 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Height | 138 mm (5.4 inches) | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 313 mm (12.3 inches) | 229 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 750 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Width | Triple-slot | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 936.2 GB/s | |
| Memory bus width | 384 bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective) | 14000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
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