GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 4090 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4090
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce RTX 4090
39777
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 4090
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
AD102-300-A1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
September 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2520 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
76,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
16384
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
450 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
1,290
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
24 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
1,008 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3