NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has 10496 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.70 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 35.58 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.74 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 82 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GA102-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-302-A1
Ampere Architecture Ampere
82 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
10496 Shader 3584
112 Render Output Units 48
328 Texture Units 112
82 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is equipped with a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.219 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

24 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.219 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
936 GB/s Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has a turbo clock of 1.695 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 1.777 GHz.

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

350 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 110 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

313 mm Length --
138 mm Height --
-- Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition was released in Q3/2020.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

900-1G136-2510-000 Part-no --
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2022
1,499 $ Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
64 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
78 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
113 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
42 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
80 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
130 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
112 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
188 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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