Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
108
65
55
38
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
122
97
72
39
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
177
131
93
44
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
90
81
62
34
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
66
54
38
20
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
78
70
51
32
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
61
46
36
21
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
66
61
34
17
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
105
96
65
37
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High97182
1080p Ultra78153
1440p Ultra56119
4K Ultra3169
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy873819900
Solar Bay3865197504
Port Royal506113633
Fire Strike2253447520
Night Raid92073139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur155.7 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection93.7 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.81 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.91 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.89 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.09 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching381.7 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10550.4 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark8561060
DirectX 11130 fps220 fps
DirectX 1261 fps110 fps
GPU Compute6758 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)504.3 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase452.3 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)394.6 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex1932.3 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 22370.8 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2279.9 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2410.66622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU106 GA102
Price 399 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1470 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 2176 10496
TMUs 136 328
ROPs 64 112
Execution Units 34 82
Ray Tracing Cores 34 82
Tensor Cores 272 328
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 106 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 224 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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