Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4090
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+10 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+698 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+65,500M)
- + CUDA cores (+14464)
- + TMUs (+392)
- + ROPs (+128)
- + RT cores (+98)
- + Tensor cores (+272)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+76.13 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+362.86 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1088.40 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+23.7)
- + PassMark (overall) (+12953)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+15110)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+29860)
- + Normalized score (+8.6)
B
GeForce RTX 2060
- + Die size (mm²) (+164 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4090
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+4) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 16 GB (+10 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz (+500 MHz) | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 1034 GB/s (+698 GB/s) | 336 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 384 bit (+192 bit) | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 120 W (+5 W) | 115 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm (-8 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 76,300M (+65,500M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 609 mm² | 445 mm² (+164 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 16,384 (+14464) | 1,920 |
| TMUs | 512 (+392) | 120 |
| ROPs | 176 (+128) | 48 |
| RT cores | 128 (+98) | 30 |
| Tensor cores | 512 (+272) | 240 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 82.58 TFLOPS (+76.13 TFLOPS) | 6.45 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 443.50 GPixel/s (+362.86 GPixel/s) | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1088.40 GTexel/s) | 201.60 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.9 (+23.7) | 18.1 |
| PassMark (overall) | 27,047 (+12953) | 14,094 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 21,251 (+15110) | 6,141 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 46,191 (+29860) | 16,331 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 71,412 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 65,858 |
| Normalized score | 75.0 (+8.6) | 66.4 |
Only in component A
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
DLSS
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce RTX 2060 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 144 FPS | 53 FPS | +171.7% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 170 FPS | 104 FPS | +63.5% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 162 FPS | 61 FPS | +165.6% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Control | 184 FPS | 54 FPS | +240.7% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300 FPS | 150 FPS | +100% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 147 FPS | 60 FPS | +145% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 167 FPS | 92 FPS | +81.5% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 199 FPS | 118 FPS | +68.6% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 121 FPS | 0.8% (B) |
| F1 2020 | 344 FPS | 126 FPS | +173% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 276 FPS | 126 FPS | +119% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 173 FPS | 96 FPS | +80.2% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 145 FPS | 77 FPS | +88.3% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 122 FPS | 52 FPS | +134.6% (A) |
| Fortnite | 300 FPS | 162 FPS | +85.2% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 250 FPS | 108 FPS | +131.5% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 281 FPS | 100 FPS | +181% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 154 FPS | 95 FPS | +62.1% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 174 FPS | 67 FPS | +159.7% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 262 FPS | 75 FPS | +249.3% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 179 FPS | 60 FPS | +198.3% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 156 FPS | 56 FPS | +178.6% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 218 FPS | 65 FPS | +235.4% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 243 FPS | 122 FPS | +99.2% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 394 FPS | 111 FPS | +255% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 290 FPS | 74 FPS | +291.9% (A) |
| Valorant | 350 FPS | 223 FPS | +57% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 131 FPS | 66 FPS | +98.5% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 78 FPS | 56 FPS | +39.3% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 167 FPS | 72 FPS | +131.9% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4090 wins 21 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).