GeForce RTX 4060 vs 3060 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 with 24 pipelines and 3072 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
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- Performs slightly better (up to 12%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 12% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 77 vs 69 FPS
- Features 56 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 65% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 272 GB/s
- Has 58% more shading units (4864 vs 3072)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 128 78 66 47 |
132 88 75 54 |
| The Witcher 3 | 143 117 82 44 |
152 128 92 47 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 157 111 58 |
226 169 121 64 |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 98 76 45 |
114 103 83 47 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 26 |
86 73 55 29 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 98 90 64 43 |
107 99 72 47 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 61 45 27 |
82 69 48 28 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 75 43 22 |
92 81 48 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 128 119 85 46 |
139 132 95 53 |
| 1080p High | 116 | 126 |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra | 69 | 77 |
| 4K Ultra | 40 | 43 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10615 | 11707 |
| Solar Bay | 49340 | 54429 |
| Port Royal | 6054 | 6971 |
| Fire Strike | 28540 | 29571 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 20610 | 24417 |
| Night Raid | 121368 | 109862 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 186.9 img/sec | 185.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.7 img/sec | 108.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.16 Gpixels/sec | 7.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.94 Gpixels/sec | 5.54 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.34 Gpixels/sec | 1.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 446.2 Gpixels/sec | 478 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14935.1 FPS | 15183 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1036 | 989 |
| DirectX 11 | 174 FPS | 164 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 76 FPS | 78 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9156 Ops/s | 9865 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | GeekBench | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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 | 7384 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 13706 | 19320 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23289 | 16108 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31126 | 34615 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 78361 | 74811 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3315 | 2638 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3491 | 4136 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9386 | 8718 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36778 | 25946 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 148120 | 153275 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and 3060 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | December 2, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $399 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD107 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7700 XT | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (53rd and 48th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1830 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2460 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3072 | 4864 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 152 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 38 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | 152 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 24 | 38 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 24MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 118 GPixel/s | 133 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 236 GTexel/s | 253 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 115 W | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 159 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 18 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 113.21 MTr/mm² | 43.37 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 | 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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