Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
99
62
49
35
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High86182
1080p Ultra69153
1440p Ultra50119
4K Ultra2869
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy757119900
Solar Bay3417997504
Port Royal413413633
Fire Strike1976847520
Night Raid84918139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur144.4 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark7471060
DirectX 11110 fps220 fps
DirectX 1253 fps110 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase423 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.16622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 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 349 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 1920 10496
TMUs 120 328
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 30 82
Ray Tracing Cores 30 82
Tensor Cores 240 328
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 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 192 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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.

Survey

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2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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