NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 3,072)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 24)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 96)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 272 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has lower TDP (115 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM8 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width128 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth272 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores3,07221,760▲
RT cores24170▲
Tensor / AI cores96680▲
Base clock1830 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock2460 MHz▲2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 3 (Frame Generation)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP115 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU550 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length244 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