Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
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
188
127
118
90
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
207
175
126
67
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
280
212
152
82
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
155
145
126
75
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
131
107
84
45
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
172
161
124
80
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
116
101
82
51
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
145
131
89
43
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
218
170
91
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High182155
1080p Ultra153127
1440p Ultra11994
4K Ultra6955
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1990016983
Solar Bay9750464114
Port Royal136339710
Fire Strike4752039013
Night Raid139527155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur320.8 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection207.2 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.1 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.4 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.48 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching984.2 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27764.9 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark10601191
DirectX 11220 fps187 fps
DirectX 12110 fps57 fps
GPU Compute15547 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)978.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase854.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)747.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex3732.1 fpsn/a
ALU 26650.9 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2296 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6622.8n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 24, 2020 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 4.0
Codename GA102 Navi 44
Price 1499 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1395 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1695 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 10496 2048
TMUs 328 128
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 82 32
Ray Tracing Cores 82 32
Tensor Cores 328 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 190 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 556 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 350 W 160 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1219 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

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

Survey

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