NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 -
• Execution Units
  30 82
• GPU Chip
  TU106 GA102-300-A1
• Render Output Units
  48 112
• Shader
  1920 10496
• Texture Units
  120 328
• Architecture
  - Ampere
• CUDA Cores
  - 10496

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  336 GB/s 936 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  192 bit 384 bit
• Memory Size
  6 GB 24 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  1750 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Clock
  - 1219 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 19.5 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1365 MHz 1400 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1680 MHz 1700 MHz
• Game Clock
  - -
• Overclocking
  Yes -

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP
  160 W 350 W
• TDP (up)
  - -
• Graphics Card Power
  - 350 W
• Maximum GPU Temperature
  - 93 °C
• System Power Supply
  - 750 W (System power requirement)

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling -
• Fan-Type
  Axial -
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent -
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  2 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort
• DVI Ports
  1 × DVI -
• HDCP Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.0b -
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  1 x 8-Pin 2x PCIe 8-pin (adapter to 1x 12-pin included)
• USB-C Ports
  1 × USB-C -
• VGA Ports
  - -
• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  - HDMI

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes -
• LED
  No LED lighting -
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
• Raytracing
  Yes -
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.6
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  113 mm -
• Length
  229 mm -
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots -
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  - -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition.

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  - -
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  12 nm 8 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q3/2020
• Manufacturer specification scope
  - NVIDIA Founders Edition/reference design. Clock specifications apply to gaming use. AIB shipping specifications and complete-system power needs may differ.

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 35.58 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - -
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - -
• Pixel Rate
  - 189.8 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 556.0 GTexel/s