FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 5090 is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3060, however, it's a much worse value for money, as it's £4229.01 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5090

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 167% more VRAM memory – 32 vs 12 GB

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

Up to 94% cheaper – £259.99 vs £4489.00
A much better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 70% less energy – 170 vs 575 Watts

GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

Average FPS

242

100%

Min 1% FPS

166

100%

Price, £

£4489

Value, £/FPS

£18.54/FPS

14%

MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32G GAMING TRIO OC GDDR7 512bit Gaming Graphics card, Boost Clock up to 2497 MHz, PCIe Gen 5, DLSS 4, DP 2.1 x 3, HDMI 2.1 x 1, ATX

ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 Astral OC (32GB GDDR7/PCI Express 5.0/ MHz/28000MHz)

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Average FPS

41%

Min 1% FPS

33%

Price, £

£259.99

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.62/FPS

100%

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192-bit, 3x DP (v1.4), HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 WINDFORCE OC V2 Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1792MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2 x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card, 3584 Core, 1320 MHz GPU, 1837 MHz Boost, Ampere Architechture, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fans with 0-dB Tech

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192 Bit, 3x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4 & MPG A850G PCIE5 Power Supply Unit, UK Plug - 850W, 80 Plus Gold Certified, Fully Modular ATX 3.0

GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

47287

100%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

18%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

Memory

32 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

1790 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

423.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

1637 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

104.8 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Memory

12 GB

38%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

20%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

20%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

12%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

12%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 5090	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3060
General
Jan 30th, 2025	Release Date	Jan 12th, 2021
$1,999.00	MSRP	$329.00
GeForce 50	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
575 W	Power Consumption	170 W
Memory
32 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR7	Memory Type	GDDR6
512-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
1790 GB/s	Bandwidth	360 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
423.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	85.3 GPixel/s
1637 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	199 GTexel/s
104.8 TFLOPS	FP32	12.74 TFLOPS