NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 $1,599
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 $329
16384 Shaders
24GB GDDR6X
2520MHz
3584 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1777MHz
FP32
82.58 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
82.58 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
TDP
450W
TDP
170W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 305,430
100%
GB5 OpenCL 96,465
32%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 99,110
42%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 205,470
100%
GB5 Vulkan 75,845
37%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 305
40%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 40
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV182
AD102
Variant
AD102-300-A1
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/12/2022
Release Date
2/25/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
609 mm²
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
76.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.29M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
16384 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
512 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
512 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
128 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
128 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
11 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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2230MHz Base
2520MHz
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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FP8
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660.6 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP16
82.58 TFLOPS
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
82.58 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
TF32
165.15 TFLOPS
TF32
25.48 TFLOPS
FP64
1.29 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
190.9 TOPS
Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
483.84 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1290.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
72MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
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24GB
GDDR6X
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12GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1313MHz
Transfer Rate
21GT/s
Bandwidth
1008GB/s
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
360GB/s
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TDP
450W
TDP
170W
Temp
90°C Max
Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
2x NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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2x Fans
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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