GeForce RTX 4060 vs 3070 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months older RTX 3070 Ti that utilizes 48 pipelines and 6144 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 3070 Ti
- Performs significantly better (up to 44%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 38% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 95 vs 69 FPS
- 44% higher maximum theoretical performance (21.7 vs 15.1 TFLOPS)
- Has 2.2x higher memory bandwidth: 608.3 vs 272 GB/s
- Features 96 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 28% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (136K vs 106K)
- Has 2x more shading units (6144 vs 3072)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 128 78 66 47 |
157 101 93 66 |
| The Witcher 3 | 143 117 82 44 |
177 149 104 57 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 157 111 58 |
255 203 142 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 98 76 45 |
136 127 106 61 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 26 |
104 85 69 38 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 98 90 64 43 |
129 121 92 58 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 61 45 27 |
96 78 62 34 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 75 43 22 |
113 100 65 32 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 128 119 85 46 |
176 167 124 67 |
| 1080p High | 116 | 149 |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | 126 |
| 1440p Ultra | 69 | 95 |
| 4K Ultra | 40 | 55 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10615 | 14881 |
| Solar Bay | 49340 | 69901 |
| Port Royal | 6054 | 8884 |
| Fire Strike | 28540 | 37242 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 20610 | 31912 |
| Night Raid | 121368 | 134068 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 186.9 img/sec | 197 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.7 img/sec | 128.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 6.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.16 Gpixels/sec | 8.81 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.94 Gpixels/sec | 6.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.34 Gpixels/sec | 1.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 446.2 Gpixels/sec | 609.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14935.1 FPS | 18205 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1036 | 1057 |
| DirectX 11 | 174 FPS | 192 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 76 FPS | 90 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9156 Ops/s | 11384 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 3070 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 | 8615 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 13706 | 24659 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23289 | 20631 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31126 | 43834 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 78361 | 98347 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3315 | 3162 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3491 | 4911 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9386 | 11498 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36778 | 34719 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 148120 | 196833 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and 3070 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | June 10, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $599 |
| 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 7800 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (53rd and 36th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1830 MHz | 1575 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2460 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3072 | 6144 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 192 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | 192 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 24 | 48 |
| 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 | 170 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 236 GTexel/s | 340 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 115 W | 290 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 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | - | 1188 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 19000 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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