NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 24GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3090 and 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 's Advantages
More VRAM (24GB vs 8GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (936.2GB/s vs 240.0GB/s)
6912 additional rendering cores
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 1 months late
Boost Clock has increased by 5% (1777MHz vs 1695MHz)
Lower TDP (170W vs 350W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3090
+179%
35.58 TFLOPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
12.74 TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3090
+169%
19893
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
7384
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 3090
+202%
10258
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
3391
3DMark Speed Way
GeForce RTX 3090
+232%
5383
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
1621
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3090
+106%
93
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3090
+81%
154
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
85
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3090
+51%
200
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
132
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 3090
+127%
66
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
29
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 3090
+125%
79
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
35
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 3090
+107%
114
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
55
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3090
+118%
116
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
53
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3090
+92%
189
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
98
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3090
+42%
199
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
140
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3090
+72%
131
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
76
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3090
+121%
182
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
82
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3090
+35%
209
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
154
Graphics Card
Sep 2020
Release Date
Oct 2022
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1395 MHz
Base Clock
1320 MHz
1695 MHz
Boost Clock
1777 MHz
1219 MHz
Memory Clock
1875 MHz
Memory
24GB
Memory Size
8GB
GDDR6X
Memory Type
GDDR6
384bit
Memory Bus
128bit
936.2GB/s
Bandwidth
240.0GB/s
Render Config
-
-
-
82
SM Count
28
10496
Shading Units
3584
328
TMUs
112
112
ROPs
48
328
Tensor Cores
112
82
RT Cores
28
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
6 MB
L2 Cache
3 MB
-
-
-
Theoretical Performance
189.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
85.30 GPixel/s
556.0 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
199.0 GTexel/s
35.58 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
12.74 TFLOPS
35.58 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
12.74 TFLOPS
556.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
199.0 GFLOPS
Board Design
350W
TDP
170W
750 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
GA102
GPU Name
GA106
GA102-300-A1
GPU Variant
GA106-302-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Samsung
Foundry
Samsung
8 nm
Process Size
8 nm
28.3 billion
Transistors
12 billion
628 mm²
Die Size
276 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
8.6
6.6
Shader Model
6.6
