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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

97 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. 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 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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 5090
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
332
242
231
183
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High301116
1080p Ultra25895
1440p Ultra20970
4K Ultra12639
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy4751510620
Solar Bay21322949040
Port Royal375296050
Fire Strike9020028559
Night Raid209016121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur333 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark14441080
DirectX 11344 fps174 fps
DirectX 12195 fps77 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps709 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.73372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB202-300-A1 AD107
Price 1999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 21760 3072
TMUs 680 96
ROPs 176 48
Execution Units 170 24
Ray Tracing Cores 170 24
Tensor Cores 680 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 575 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 512 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 32 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

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

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