NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
12GB GDDR6 170W $289.99 Jan 2021
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
VS
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022
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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 (612 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+227%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+260%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+312%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+234%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+280%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+318%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+240%)
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 175 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+252%)
AVG 162 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+341%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+235%)
AVG 124 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+250%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+293%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+208%)
AVG 194 FPS
MIN 156 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+241%)
AVG 157 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+304%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+188%)
AVG 262 FPS
MIN 231 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+220%)
AVG 237 FPS
MIN 207 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+283%)
AVG 184 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+218%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+236%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+279%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4090 (+204%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4090 (+243%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4090 (+336%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+251%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+263%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+333%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 615 benchmarks across 166 games
40
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
VS
+230.4%
132
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
0
Wins
40
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
612
Wins
132
Avg FPS
113
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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