Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
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
188
127
118
90
124
78
64
44
The Witcher 3
207
175
126
67
135
114
80
42
Counter-Strike 2
280
212
152
82
201
148
110
55
Far Cry 6
155
145
126
75
104
95
74
41
Hogwarts Legacy
131
107
84
45
76
65
45
23
COD Modern Warfare 3
172
161
124
80
93
84
61
39
Ghost of Tsushima
116
101
82
51
73
56
43
25
Cyberpunk 2077
145
131
89
43
82
73
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
218
170
91
123
112
81
45
Avg FPS
1080p High182112
1080p Ultra15392
1440p Ultra11967
4K Ultra6937
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
10197
Time Spy1990010423
Solar Bay9750444973
Port Royal136335820
Fire Strike4752026478
Night Raid13952798514
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
97986
Background Blur320.8 frames/s142.7 frames/s
Face Detection207.2 frames/s103.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.1 Gpix/sec3.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.4 Gpix/sec4.93 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec4.63 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.48 Gpix/sec1.27 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching984.2 Gpix/sec430.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27764.9 fps13519.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
17587
G2D Mark1060733
DirectX 11220 fps158 fps
DirectX 12110 fps73 fps
GPU Compute15547 Ops/s6845 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
119.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)978.4 fps725.1 fps
Car Chase854.1 fps609.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)747.4 fps484.8 fps
T-Rex3732.1 fps2723.3 fps
ALU 26650.9 fps3299.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2296 fps272.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6622.83381.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 24, 2020 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA102 AD107 (GN21-X4)
Price 1499 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1395 MHz 1140-2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1695 MHz 1470-2370 MHz
Shader Units 10496 3072
TMUs 328 96
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 82 24
Ray Tracing Cores 82 24
Tensor Cores 328 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 190 Gpix/sec 71-114 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 556 GTex/s 141-228 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS 9-14.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 350 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1219 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

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

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