NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1650 MHz
7.5x more pipelines: 16384 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 856
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 16476
4611.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9223 vs 2
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 582.642 vs 241.214
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 98.472 vs 27.021
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 178.756 vs 160.92
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2968.159 vs 1269.445
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 87635

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 2 July 2019
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 856
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 16476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223 vs 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642 vs 241.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472 vs 27.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756 vs 160.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159 vs 1269.445
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 87635

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 450 Watt
10.7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1297

856

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

38287

16476

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9223

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

582.642

241.214

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

98.472

27.021

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

178.756

160.92

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2968.159

1269.445

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317791

87635

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297	856
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287	16476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223	2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642	241.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472	27.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756	160.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159	1269.445
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791	87635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0	3870.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5026

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD102	TU106
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	2 July 2019
Place in performance rating	13	148
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16384	2176
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	10.8 B
CUDA cores		2176
Maximum GPU temperature		89 C
Render output units		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Display Port		1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	4.435” (112.6mm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	9.0” (228.60mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	8 pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	2-Slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready