Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4090

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4090 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3060
  • + Die size (mm²) (+333 mm²)
B GeForce RTX 4090
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+674 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+64,300M)
  • + CUDA cores (+12544)
  • + TMUs (+392)
  • + ROPs (+128)
  • + RT cores (+98)
  • + Tensor cores (+392)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+71.64 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+358.20 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1091.00 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+23.4)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+10103)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+13029)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+24502)
  • + Normalized score (+2.5)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
 Component B
GeForce RTX 4090
Release year 2021 2023 (+2)
VRAM (GB) 12 GB 16 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) — 2250 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 360 GB/s 1034 GB/s (+674 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit 384 bit (+192 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 80 W 120 W (+40 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 4 nm (-4 nm)
Transistors (M) 12,000M 76,300M (+64,300M)
Die size (mm²) 276 mm² (+333 mm²) 609 mm²
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 3,840 16,384 (+12544)
TMUs 120 512 (+392)
ROPs 48 176 (+128)
RT cores 30 128 (+98)
Tensor cores 120 512 (+392)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 10.94 TFLOPS 82.58 TFLOPS (+71.64 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 85.30 GPixel/s 443.50 GPixel/s (+358.20 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 199.00 GTexel/s 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1091.00 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 18.5 41.9 (+23.4)
PassMark (overall) 16,944 27,047 (+10103)
3DMark Time Spy 8,222 21,251 (+13029)
3DMark Fire Strike 21,689 46,191 (+24502)
Geekbench OpenCL 88,251 —
Geekbench Vulkan 89,918 —
Normalized score 72.5 75.0 (+2.5)

Only in component B

ray_tracing

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce RTX 4090 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 44 FPS 87 FPS 97.7% (B)
ARC Raiders 70 FPS 197 FPS 181.4% (B)
Anno 117: Pax Romana 45 FPS 96 FPS 113.3% (B)
Assassin's Creed Shadows 37 FPS 77 FPS 108.1% (B)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 57 FPS 144 FPS 152.6% (B)
Atomic Heart 75 FPS 144 FPS 92% (B)
Back 4 Blood 157 FPS 309 FPS 96.8% (B)
Battlefield 5 110 FPS 170 FPS 54.5% (B)
Black Myth: Wukong 32 FPS 67 FPS 109.4% (B)
Borderlands 3 84 FPS 162 FPS 92.9% (B)
Borderlands 4 23 FPS 55 FPS 139.1% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 77 FPS 147 FPS 90.9% (B)
Civilization 7 110 FPS 161 FPS 46.4% (B)
Company of Heroes 3 123 FPS 235 FPS 91.1% (B)
Control 78 FPS 184 FPS 135.9% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 300 FPS 76.5% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 103 FPS 147 FPS 42.7% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 42 FPS 98 FPS 133.3% (B)
Dead Space Remake 59 FPS 130 FPS 120.3% (B)
Death Stranding 99 FPS 167 FPS 68.7% (B)
Doom: The Dark Ages 50 FPS 106 FPS 112% (B)
Dota 2 131 FPS 199 FPS 51.9% (B)
Dying Light 2 64 FPS 145 FPS 126.6% (B)
Elden Ring 59 FPS 60 FPS 1.7% (B)
Elex 2 73 FPS 116 FPS 58.9% (B)
F1 2020 138 FPS 344 FPS 149.3% (B)
F1 2021 119 FPS 276 FPS 131.9% (B)
F1 22 113 FPS 199 FPS 76.1% (B)
F1 24 66 FPS 216 FPS 227.3% (B)
F1 25 127 FPS 203 FPS 59.8% (B)
Far Cry 5 112 FPS 173 FPS 54.5% (B)
Far Cry 6 75 FPS 103 FPS 37.3% (B)
Far Cry New Dawn 89 FPS 145 FPS 62.9% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 55 FPS 122 FPS 121.8% (B)
Final Fantasy XVI 44 FPS 109 FPS 147.7% (B)
Fortnite 140 FPS 300 FPS 114.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 110 FPS 250 FPS 127.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 120 FPS 281 FPS 134.2% (B)
Forza Horizon 6 240 FPS 94 FPS +155.3% (A)
GRID Legends 131 FPS 190 FPS 45% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 120 FPS 154 FPS 28.3% (B)
Ghostwire Tokyo 122 FPS 234 FPS 91.8% (B)
God of War 73 FPS 167 FPS 128.8% (B)
Guardians of the Galaxy 89 FPS 158 FPS 77.5% (B)
High On Life 99 FPS 211 FPS 113.1% (B)
Hogwarts Legacy 70 FPS 45 FPS +55.6% (A)
Horizon Zero Dawn 76 FPS 174 FPS 128.9% (B)
Hunt Showdown 93 FPS 262 FPS 181.7% (B)
Mafia Definitive Edition 86 FPS 179 FPS 108.1% (B)
Metro Exodus 81 FPS 156 FPS 92.6% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Pragmata 58 FPS 111 FPS 91.4% (B)
Rainbow Six Extraction 155 FPS 346 FPS 123.2% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124 FPS 218 FPS 75.8% (B)
Returnal 85 FPS 159 FPS 87.1% (B)
Riders Republic 86 FPS 185 FPS 115.1% (B)
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 18 FPS 74 FPS 311.1% (B)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 116 FPS 243 FPS 109.5% (B)
Sons of the Forest 66 FPS 88 FPS 33.3% (B)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 80 FPS 118 FPS 47.5% (B)
Star Wars Outlaws 24 FPS 83 FPS 245.8% (B)
Starfield 40 FPS 84 FPS 110% (B)
The Callisto Protocol 56 FPS 116 FPS 107.1% (B)
The Last of Us 55 FPS 103 FPS 87.3% (B)
The Quarry 76 FPS 177 FPS 132.9% (B)
The Witcher 3 142 FPS 394 FPS 177.5% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 290 FPS 258% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 108 FPS 138 FPS 27.8% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 95 FPS 168 FPS 76.8% (B)
Valorant 190 FPS 350 FPS 84.2% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 131 FPS 111.3% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 78 FPS 25.8% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 105 FPS 167 FPS 59% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4090 wins 20 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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