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GeForce RTX 4060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 leads on 6 of 7 shared benchmarks (48% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme); the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti takes 1 (3% in PassMark G2D Mark). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090. MSRP range: $399 · $1,499. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecGeForce RTX 4060 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
vram gb —24
vram type —GDDR6X
tdp w —350
cuda cores —10496

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, WorthPlaying, BabelTechReviews, esports.hwbot.org, 3DMark, HWBOT, PC Watch, CpuTronic GPU Rankings, TopCPU.net GPU Rankings and Notebookcheck; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 4060 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 38 points—
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, WorthPlaying		 30,842 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 14,854 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (higher is better)
Source: BabelTechReviews		 32,678 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 7,407 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: esports.hwbot.org, 3DMark, WorthPlaying, HWBOT, PC Watch		 8,072 points15,039 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, PC Watch		 3,225 points5,075 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic GPU Rankings		 2,914 points5,229 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12 Graphics Score) (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —5,112 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, WorthPlaying, TopCPU.net GPU Rankings		 13,484 points18,824 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, Notebookcheck		 6,630 points9,800 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics (higher is better)
Source: BabelTechReviews		 6,345 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 leads on 6 of 7 shared benchmarks (48% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme); the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti takes 1 (3% in PassMark G2D Mark).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

What did the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti launched at a $399 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 at $1,499. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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