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 (672 benchmarks)

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+212%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+252%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+313%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+212%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+252%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+313%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+256%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+255%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+327%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+196%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+242%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+282%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+212%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+238%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+305%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+246%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+269%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+335%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+252%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+293%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+314%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 675 benchmarks across 181 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+231.1%

129

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090