GeForce RTX 4060 vs RTX 3050
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
GA106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 1 year and 4 months older RTX RTX 3050 that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 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 68%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 64% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 69 vs 42 FPS
- 66% higher maximum theoretical performance (15.1 vs 9.1 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Achieves 59% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (106K vs 67K)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Has 21% higher memory bandwidth: 272 vs 224 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 128 78 66 47 |
92 53 43 26 |
| The Witcher 3 | 143 117 82 44 |
90 70 49 24 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 157 111 58 |
139 101 72 31 |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 98 76 45 |
76 66 49 25 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 26 |
49 38 30 13 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 98 90 64 43 |
59 49 35 22 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 61 45 27 |
46 35 28 15 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 75 43 22 |
48 45 26 11 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 128 119 85 46 |
80 73 49 25 |
| 1080p High | 116 | 75 |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | 59 |
| 1440p Ultra | 69 | 42 |
| 4K Ultra | 40 | 21 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10615 | 6235 |
| Solar Bay | 49340 | 30191 |
| Port Royal | 6054 | 3546 |
| Fire Strike | 28540 | 15967 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 20610 | 12795 |
| Night Raid | 121368 | 74854 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 186.9 img/sec | 110.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.7 img/sec | 64.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 2.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.16 Gpixels/sec | 3.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.94 Gpixels/sec | 2.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.81 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 446.2 Gpixels/sec | 270.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14935.1 FPS | 9339.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1036 | 916 |
| DirectX 11 | 174 FPS | 90 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 76 FPS | 59 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9150 Ops/s | 6415 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 RTX 3050
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitry | Cinebench 2024 | 4722 |
| 📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitry | Steel Nomad Light | 6237 |
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 | 4958 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 13706 | 12747 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23289 | 9816 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31126 | 22467 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 78361 | 41362 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3315 | 2563 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3491 | 3721 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9386 | 5929 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36778 | 18361 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 148120 | 84665 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and RTX 3050General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | January 27, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $249 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD107 | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7700 XT | - |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Intel Core i5 12400 or above |
Desktop GPU rating (54th and 71st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1830 MHz | 1552 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2460 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3072 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | 80 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 24 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 24MB shared | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 118 GPixel/s | 57 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 236 GTexel/s | 142 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 115 W | 130 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 159 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 18 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 113.21 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | - | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-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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