Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
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
142
94
84
58
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p High136192
1080p Ultra114163
1440p Ultra85128
4K Ultra4875
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spy1370121841
Solar Bay63214109151
Port Royal859514882
Fire Strike3761251985
Night Raid111626155722
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur209.1 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark11521227
DirectX 11199 fps241 fps
DirectX 1277 fps122 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1005.1 fps
Car Chasen/a897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a781.7 fps
T-Rexn/a4109.9 fps
ALU 2n/a7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a274.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a7000.8
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 March, 29, 2022
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 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 3840 10752
TMUs 120 336
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 30 84
Ray Tracing Cores 30 84
Tensor Cores 120 336
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 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 450 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 1313 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
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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