NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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 4060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1395 MHz
  • Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 1060
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 vs 1060

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

  • Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 10496 vs 3840
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 191142 vs 101650
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26668 vs 19722
  • 2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5118 vs 2302
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 690.619 vs 311.253
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 62.614 vs 33.932
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 209.424 vs 169.697
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2441.384 vs 1500.926
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7585.258 vs 6622.553
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 556.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10496 vs 3840
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 191142 vs 101650
PassMark - G3D Mark 26668 vs 19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5118 vs 2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 690.619 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 62.614 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 209.424 vs 169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2441.384 vs 1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7585.258 vs 6622.553

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101650
191142
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
1060
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19722
26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2302
5118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
2441.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6622.553
7585.258
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 191142
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 1060
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 5118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 2441.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 7585.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA102
Launch date 2023 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 75 46
Launch price (MSRP) $1499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 1695 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 316.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS (1:1) 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 10496
Pixel fill rate 126.7 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s 556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Height 138 mm (5.4 inches)
Length 313 mm (12.3 inches)
Width Triple-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X