GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 24GB VRAM GeForce RTX 4090 and 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 4090 Advantages
Boost Clock has increased by 51% (2520MHz vs 1665MHz)
More VRAM (24GB vs 8GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (1.01TB/s vs 608.3GB/s)
11520 additional rendering cores
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Advantages
Lower TDP (225W vs 450W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 4090
+409%
82580
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
16200
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 4090
+197%
36328
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
12223
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 4090
+227%
19460
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
5941
3DMark Speed Way
GeForce RTX 4090
+225%
10074
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
3097
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 4090
+270%
185
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 4090
+211%
280
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
90
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 4090
+120%
304
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
138
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 4090
+113%
94
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
44
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 4090
+270%
185
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
50
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 4090
+153%
195
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
77
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 4090
+151%
186
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
74
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 4090
+54%
203
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
131
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 4090
+23%
213
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
173
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 4090
+150%
165
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
66
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 4090
+81%
185
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
102
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 4090
+20%
186
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
155
Graphics Card
Sep 2022
Release Date
Oct 2022
GeForce 40
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
2235 MHz
Base Clock
1410 MHz
2520 MHz
Boost Clock
1665 MHz
1313 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
Memory
24GB
Memory Size
8GB
GDDR6X
Memory Type
GDDR6X
384bit
Memory Bus
256bit
1.01TB/s
Bandwidth
608.3GB/s
Render Config
128
SM Count
38
16384
Shading Units
4864
512
TMUs
152
176
ROPs
80
512
Tensor Cores
152
128
RT Cores
38
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
72 MB
L2 Cache
4 MB
Theoretical Performance
443.5 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
133.2 GPixel/s
1290 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
253.1 GTexel/s
82.58 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
16.20 TFLOPS
82.58 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
16.20 TFLOPS
1290 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
253.1 GFLOPS
Board Design
450W
TDP
225W
850 W
Suggested PSU
550 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 16-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
AD102
GPU Name
GA104
AD102-300-A1
GPU Variant
GA104-202-A1
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Ampere
TSMC
Foundry
Samsung
5 nm
Process Size
8 nm
76.3 billion
Transistors
17.4 billion
609 mm²
Die Size
392 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
8.9
CUDA
8.6
6.8
Shader Model
6.7
