GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs RTX 4090 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularity66not in top-100
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD102GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2023 (1 year ago)19 October 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores181764864
Core clock speed2325 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed2565 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)600 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate1,457253.1
Floating-point processing power93.24 TFLOPS16.2 TFLOPS
ROPs19280
TMUs568152
Tensor Cores568152
Ray Tracing Cores14238

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length336 mm242 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 16-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount24 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.15 TB/s608.3 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 600 Watt 225 Watt

RTX 4090 Ti has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X, on the other hand, has 166.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4090 Ti and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X. We've got no test results to judge.


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