GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB vs 3060 Ti
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We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB with 34 pipelines and 4352 shaders against the 2 years and 5 months older RTX 3060 Ti that utilizes 38 pipelines and 4864 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
- Performs slightly better (up to 13%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- 36% higher maximum theoretical performance (22.1 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Shows 12% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 86 vs 77 FPS
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- Has 56% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 288 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 150 97 84 61 |
132 88 75 54 |
| The Witcher 3 | 167 137 98 52 |
152 128 92 47 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 239 187 136 76 |
226 169 121 64 |
| Far Cry 6 | 129 119 95 54 |
114 103 83 47 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 97 80 59 34 |
86 73 55 29 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 121 112 80 53 |
107 99 72 47 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 86 74 56 33 |
82 69 48 28 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 102 91 57 26 |
92 81 48 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 164 146 109 58 |
139 132 95 53 |
| 1080p High | 139 | 126 |
| 1080p Ultra | 116 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra | 86 | 77 |
| 4K Ultra | 50 | 43 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13479 | 11707 |
| Solar Bay | 62428 | 54429 |
| Port Royal | 8103 | 6971 |
| Fire Strike | 34401 | 29571 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 25599 | 24417 |
| Night Raid | 136255 | 109862 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 198.3 img/sec | 185.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 126.2 img/sec | 108.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.35 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.69 Gpixels/sec | 7.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.72 Gpixels/sec | 5.54 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.53 Gpixels/sec | 1.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 656.3 Gpixels/sec | 478 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 19149.2 FPS | 15183 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1095 | 989 |
| DirectX 11 | 202 FPS | 164 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 86 FPS | 78 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 12016 Ops/s | 9865 Ops/s |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 9359 | 7384 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 21463 | 19320 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26023 | 16108 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 42533 | 34615 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 99698 | 74811 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3181 | 2638 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4956 | 4136 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 11009 | 8718 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 43518 | 25946 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 203667 | 153275 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and 3060 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | December 2, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $399 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD106 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7700 XT | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (42nd and 48th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2310 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2535 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4352 | 4864 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 136 | 152 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 34 | 38 |
| Tensor Cores | 136 | 152 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 34 | 38 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 122 GPixel/s | 133 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 345 GTexel/s | 253 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 160 W | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 188 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 22 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 117.02 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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