NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$289.99 Jan 2021 View Details

$289.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $289.99 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 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 (645 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+238%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+280%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+320%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+196%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+208%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+290%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+236%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+232%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+300%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+244%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+270%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+308%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+219%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+236%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+300%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+172%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+247%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+333%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+188%)

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+236%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+300%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+229%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+252%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+371%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 648 benchmarks across 173 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+230.7%

130

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090