GeForce RTX 4060 vs GTX 690

Place in performance ranking	335	50
Place by popularity	not in top-100	3
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.98	47.16
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GK104	AD107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 May 2012 (12 years ago)	18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$299
Current price	$411 (0.4x MSRP)	$340 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4060 has 2282% better value for money than GTX 690.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	3072
CUDA cores	3072	no data
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1830 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	2460 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	234 billion/sec	236.2
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)	240 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	1x 12-pin
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	8 GB
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	17000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	272.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	Yes (via dongle)	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 690 14.46

RTX 4060 50.53
+249%

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 690 by 249% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 690 5590

RTX 4060 19536
+249%

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 690 by 249% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 690 13160

RTX 4060 28111
+114%

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 690 by 114% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	40−45 −263%	145 +263%
1440p	18−21 −289%	70 +289%
4K	12−14 −283%	46 +283%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.46	50.53
Recency	3 May 2012	18 May 2023
Cost	$999	$299
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	115 Watt