Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
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
277
199
191
154
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
288
265
187
100
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
329
244
185
91
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
203
182
167
104
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
201
164
132
76
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
274
258
221
149
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
183
154
137
91
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
227
208
143
68
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
304
277
215
119
Avg FPS
1080p High155254
1080p Ultra130217
1440p Ultra98175
4K Ultra58106
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Time Spy1588336322
Solar Bay75679186930
Port Royal1018726115
Fire Strike4267072253
Night Raid147785195300
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Background Blurn/a318.9 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a222.8 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a14.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a21 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a23.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a2.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a1950 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a48090.4 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
G2D Mark12001297
DirectX 11217 fps329 fps
DirectX 1286 fps150 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s27111 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1617.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1228.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1234.6 fps
T-Rexn/a6286 fps
ALU 2n/a15073.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a303.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a12119.1

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-300 AD102
Price n/a 1599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2235 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 2520 MHz
Shader Units 4608 16384
TMUs 144 512
ROPs 48 176
Execution Units 36 128
Ray Tracing Cores 36 128
Tensor Cores 144 512
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 72 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 444 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 1290 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 450 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 76.3 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 125.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2625 MHz
Bus 128 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
1010 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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