NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 2535 MHz vs 1860 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	18 May 2023 vs 27 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Boost clock speed	2535 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 344.8 GTexel/s
2.5x more pipelines: 10752 vs 4352
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1228 vs 1064
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29702 vs 22840
Around 64% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 22131 vs 13485

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 344.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 4352
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1228 vs 1064
PassMark - G3D Mark	29702 vs 22840
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	22131 vs 13485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1064

1228

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22840

29702

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

13485

22131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	1064	1228
PassMark - G3D Mark	22840	29702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	13485	22131
Geekbench - OpenCL		205297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		259.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		177.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3026.082

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA102
Launch date	18 May 2023	27 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	31	28
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2535 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4352	10752
Pixel fill rate	121.7 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	344.8 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		625.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		40.00 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	240 mm, 9.4 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X