GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and GeForce RTX 5090 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce RTX 5090
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Blackwell 2.0
GPU code name
GA106
GB202
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2022
2025 (recently)
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 5.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
0 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
20480
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
500 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
1,613
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
28 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
240.0 GB/s
280.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
9.1
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3