Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 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
161
104
94
72
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High155182
1080p Ultra130153
1440p Ultra98119
4K Ultra5869
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy1588319900
Solar Bay7567997504
Port Royal1018713633
Fire Strike4267047520
Night Raid147785139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blurn/a320.8 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a27764.9 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark12001060
DirectX 11217 fps220 fps
DirectX 1286 fps110 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
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 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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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