Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
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
277
199
191
154
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
288
265
187
100
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
329
244
185
91
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
203
182
167
104
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
201
164
132
76
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
274
258
221
149
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
183
154
137
91
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
227
208
143
68
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
304
277
215
119
Avg FPS
1080p High136254
1080p Ultra114217
1440p Ultra85175
4K Ultra48106
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Time Spy1370136322
Solar Bay63214186930
Port Royal859526115
Fire Strike3761272253
Night Raid111626195300
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Background Blur209.1 frames/s318.9 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s222.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec14.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec21 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec23.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec2.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec1950 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps48090.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
G2D Mark11521297
DirectX 11199 fps329 fps
DirectX 1277 fps150 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s27111 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
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 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 GB206-250 AD102
Price n/a 1599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 2235 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2520 MHz
Shader Units 3840 16384
TMUs 120 512
ROPs 48 176
Execution Units 30 128
Ray Tracing Cores 30 128
Tensor Cores 120 512
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 120 Gpix/sec 444 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 1290 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 450 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 76.3 billion
Transistor density 120.99 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
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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