Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
332
242
231
183
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High301126
1080p Ultra258103
1440p Ultra20977
4K Ultra12644
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy4751511708
Solar Bay21322954344
Port Royal375296969
Fire Strike9020029561
Night Raid209016109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur333 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1444988
DirectX 11344 fps163 fps
DirectX 12195 fps79 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.73670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB202-300-A1 GA104
Price 1999 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 21760 4864
TMUs 680 152
ROPs 176 80
Execution Units 170 38
Ray Tracing Cores 170 38
Tensor Cores 680 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 512 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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