NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher Shading cores (16,384 vs 3,072)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher RT cores (128 vs 24)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (512 vs 96)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has lower TDP (115 W vs 450 W)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1008 GB/s vs 272 GB/s)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Performance
VRAM8 GB24 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory bus width128 bit384 bit▲
Memory bandwidth272 GB/s1008 GB/s▲
Shading cores3,07216,384▲
RT cores24128▲
Tensor / AI cores96512▲
Base clock1830 MHz2235 MHz▲
Boost clock2460 MHz2520 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 3DLSS 3 (Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP115 W▲450 W
Recommended PSU550 W▲850 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12VHPWR)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Card length240 mm▲304 mm
Slot width—3.5 slots
Display outputs3× DP, 1× HDMI3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.1