nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	12 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	170 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	3584	16384
RT Cores	28	128
TMUs	112	512
ROPs	48	176
Memory Bus	192-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	450 W	850 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

42193 (+369%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

316301 (+245%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

615.9 FPS (+463%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

38309 (+127%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (567 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+234%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+247%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+296%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+166%)

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+195%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+274%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+252%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+265%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+320%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+248%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+284%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+360%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+175%)

AVG 198 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+177%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+165%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+211%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+238%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+344%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+219%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+267%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+333%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+163%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+269%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+311%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 570 benchmarks across 156 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+229.8%

132

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090