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GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 36% to 527%, including 527% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 6,577). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 149.9 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 41.7 for the GeForce RTX 4060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. MSRP range: $299 · $1,999. 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 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
vram gb 832
vram type GDDR6GDDR7
tdp w 115575
cuda cores 307221760
rt cores 24—
tensor cores 96—
process nm 5—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from WorthPlaying, Wccftech, TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, Tom's Hardware and PassMark; 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 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 24,856 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 12,086 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 11,892 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 6,551 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Wccftech		 6,577 points41,238 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, Wccftech		 2,703 points15,488 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 2,311 points11,906 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —14,133 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark		 11,413 points39,365 pts
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 11,749 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 5,422 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,038 pts1,412 pts

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

All GeForce RTX 4060 AI benchmarks →

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 4060 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 36% to 527%, including 527% in 3DMark Port Royal (41,238 vs 6,577).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 generates 149.9 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 41.7 for the GeForce RTX 4060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

What did the GeForce RTX 4060 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 4060 launched at a $299 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at $1,999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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