Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) vs GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
AD107 (GN21-X4)
We compared two discrete laptop graphics cards: the Nvidia RTX 3000 Mobile (Ada) with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
- 36% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.9 vs 14.6 TFLOPS)
- Supports error correction code (ECC) memory
- Features 48 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (119K vs 97K)
- Has 50% more shading units (4608 vs 3072)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
- Shows 10% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 67 vs 61 FPS
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 117 73 60 41 |
120 77 66 44 |
| The Witcher 3 | 130 103 76 39 |
141 112 79 42 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 187 135 101 49 |
205 153 110 54 |
| Far Cry 6 | 97 86 69 37 |
103 92 75 43 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 67 55 42 23 |
74 62 45 25 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 85 73 53 36 |
95 85 59 37 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 68 49 37 24 |
74 60 42 23 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 71 66 36 17 |
82 72 42 21 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 113 103 73 37 |
127 116 83 43 |
| 1080p High | 104 | 113 |
| 1080p Ultra | 83 | 92 |
| 1440p Ultra | 61 | 67 |
| 4K Ultra | 34 | 37 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 8373 | 10397 |
| Solar Bay | 36647 | 45002 |
| Port Royal | 5210 | 5819 |
| Fire Strike | 20658 | 26481 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 14678 | 19820 |
| Night Raid | 51077 | 98330 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 196.1 img/sec | 142.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 118.9 img/sec | 103.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.22 Gpixels/sec | 3.83 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.54 Gpixels/sec | 4.93 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.07 Gpixels/sec | 4.63 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.4 Gpixels/sec | 1.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 573 Gpixels/sec | 430.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17661.3 FPS | 13519.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 542 | 731 |
| DirectX 11 | 141 FPS | 155 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 79 FPS | 72 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 6048 Ops/s | 6789 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-04 (Viru) | GeekBench | 115610 |
| 📘 2026-09-04 (Viru) | Cinebench 2024 | 10216 |
| 📘 2026-02-21 (Бенкдикт) | GeekBench | 101184 |
| 📘 2025-12-18 (AmirtheX) | GeekBench | 107583 |
| 📘 2025-11-17 (kritan) | Cinebench 2024 | 10306 |
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) | 7093 | 7421 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 14759 | 19041 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23321 | 20913 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 29211 | 35464 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 87917 | 67110 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3395 | 3086 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3464 | 4740 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 8181 | 8644 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 30150 | 32456 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 167055 | 142039 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) and GeForce RTX 4060 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | March 21, 2023 | February 22, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD106 | AD107 (GN21-X4) |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (31st and 42nd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | - | 1140-2295 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1165-2160 MHz (configurable) | 1470-2370 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 3072 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 56-104 GPixel/s | 71-114 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 168-311 GTexel/s | 141-228 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 35-140 W (configurable) | 35-140 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 188 mm² | 156 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 22.9 billion | 18.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.81 MTr/mm² | 121.15 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 95°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | Yes | 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 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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