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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
67 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 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
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060
vs
GeForce RTX 3090

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High136182
1080p Ultra114153
1440p Ultra85119
4K Ultra4869
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy1370119900
Solar Bay6321497504
Port Royal859513633
Fire Strike3761247520
Night Raid111626139527
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur209.1 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark11521060
DirectX 11199 fps220 fps
DirectX 1277 fps110 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
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 GB206-250 GA102
Price n/a 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 3840 10496
TMUs 120 328
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 30 82
Ray Tracing Cores 30 82
Tensor Cores 120 328
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 120 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.99 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
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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