Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

49 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
VS
67 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
GeForce RTX 3090

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High154182
1080p Ultra129153
1440p Ultra98119
4K Ultra5769
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy1595719900
Solar Bay7441797504
Port Royal1014613633
Fire Strike4238547520
Night Raid141185139527
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur243.1 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark12001060
DirectX 11217 fps220 fps
DirectX 1286 fps110 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a978.4 fps
Car Chasen/a854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a747.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3732.1 fps
ALU 2n/a6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA102
Price n/a 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 4608 10496
TMUs 144 328
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 36 82
Ray Tracing Cores 36 82
Tensor Cores 144 328
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 128 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

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

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