GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs RTX 3090
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
GA102
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 16 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 4 years and 8 months older RTX RTX 3090 24 GB that utilizes 82 pipelines and 10496 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3090
- Performs better (up to 35%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 50% higher maximum theoretical performance (35.6 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 21% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 120 vs 99 FPS
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
- Features 184 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 2.1x higher memory bandwidth: 936.2 vs 448 GB/s
- Achieves 42% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (211K vs 148K)
- Has 2.3x more shading units (10496 vs 4608)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 163 107 97 71 |
186 128 117 91 |
| The Witcher 3 | 178 150 111 61 |
205 170 128 66 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 266 198 140 80 |
275 207 155 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 138 126 109 66 |
156 145 124 77 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 110 91 72 38 |
128 108 86 47 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 136 133 96 64 |
171 159 123 80 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 100 83 63 40 |
120 97 85 48 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 118 104 69 33 |
148 132 90 43 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 190 177 134 70 |
237 226 168 91 |
| 1080p High | 155 | 181 |
| 1080p Ultra | 130 | 152 |
| 1440p Ultra | 99 | 120 |
| 4K Ultra | 58 | 70 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 16044 | 19896 |
| Solar Bay | 76027 | 97395 |
| Port Royal | 10283 | 13633 |
| Fire Strike | 42482 | 47512 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 30335 | 43669 |
| Night Raid | 150051 | 139766 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 243.1 img/sec | 320.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 149.5 img/sec | 207.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.35 Gpixels/sec | 10.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.88 Gpixels/sec | 14.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.76 Gpixels/sec | 11.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.57 Gpixels/sec | 1.48 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 740.2 Gpixels/sec | 984.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22183.7 FPS | 27764.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1206 | 1069 |
| DirectX 11 | 218 FPS | 218 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 89 FPS | 109 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11212 Ops/s | 15028 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia) | Steel Nomad Light | 17892 |
GeForce RTX 3090
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 10281 | 10665 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 29909 | 28963 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26549 | 22697 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 59010 | 55232 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 117200 | 128155 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3993 | 3152 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6647 | 5088 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12742 | 13891 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 44856 | 37984 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 175892 | 272000 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and RTX 3090General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | September 24, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $1499 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GB206-300 | GA102 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 6900 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5090 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i9 12900K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (32nd and 20th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2407 MHz | 1395 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2572 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 10496 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 328 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 82 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 328 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 82 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 6MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 123 GPixel/s | 190 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 370 GTexel/s | 556 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 180 W | 350 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 44.59 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 87°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1219 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 19500 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 384-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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