GeForce RTX 4060 vs GTX 970
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
GM204
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 8 years and 9 months older GTX 970 4 GB that utilizes 13 pipelines and 1664 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
- Performs significantly better (up to 3x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- 3.9x higher maximum theoretical performance (15.1 vs 3.9 TFLOPS)
- Shows 3x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 69 vs 23 FPS
- Ray-tracing support with 24 dedicated RT cores
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 128 78 66 47 |
58 33 26 16 |
| The Witcher 3 | 143 117 82 44 |
46 35 22 11 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 157 111 58 |
77 56 37 16 |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 98 76 45 |
47 43 29 13 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 26 |
25 22 15 - |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 98 90 64 43 |
38 32 21 15 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 61 45 27 |
24 16 14 - |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 75 43 22 |
27 21 13 - |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 128 119 85 46 |
49 44 27 14 |
| 1080p High | 116 | 43 |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | 34 |
| 1440p Ultra | 69 | 23 |
| 4K Ultra | 40 | 12 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10615 | 3665 |
| Solar Bay | 49340 | - |
| Port Royal | 6054 | 4353 |
| Fire Strike | 28540 | 12101 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 20610 | 6976 |
| Night Raid | 121368 | 47583 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 186.9 img/sec | 77.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.7 img/sec | 38.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 1.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.16 Gpixels/sec | 2.08 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.94 Gpixels/sec | 1.85 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 446.2 Gpixels/sec | 92.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14935.1 FPS | 2443 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1036 | 763 |
| DirectX 11 | 174 FPS | 71 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 76 FPS | 41 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9156 Ops/s | 4079 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
GeForce GTX 970
No benchmark results yet
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) | 7696 | 1852 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 13706 | 3622 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23289 | 8987 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31126 | 7074 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 78361 | 43726 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3315 | 1446 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3491 | 1576 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9386 | 2425 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36778 | 12902 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 148120 | 86714 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and GTX 970General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | September 19, 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $329 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Maxwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | AD107 | GM204 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7700 XT | - |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - |
Desktop GPU rating (53rd and 86th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1830 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2460 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3072 | 1664 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 104 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 56 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 13 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 24 | No |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 48KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 24MB shared | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 118 GPixel/s | 66 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 236 GTexel/s | 123 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 115 W | 148 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 159 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 18 billion | 5 billion |
| Transistor Density | 113.21 MTr/mm² | 12.56 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Clock | - | 1753 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 7000 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 | 5.2 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.2 |
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