NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 3,584)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 28)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 112)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 360 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has lower TDP (170 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM12 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width192 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth360 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores3,58421,760▲
RT cores28170▲
Tensor / AI cores112680▲
Base clock1320 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock1777 MHz2410 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 2DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP170 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU550 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length242 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.13× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b