Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs GeForce RTX 4060
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
AD104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 3 months older GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 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 Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
- Performs better (up to 37%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 77% higher maximum theoretical performance (26.7 vs 15.1 TFLOPS)
- Shows 33% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 92 vs 69 FPS
- Includes 12 GB more video memory
- Features 96 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 42% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (151K vs 106K)
- Has 32% higher memory bandwidth: 360 vs 272 GB/s
- Has 2x more shading units (6144 vs 3072)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 149 98 91 63 |
128 78 66 47 |
| The Witcher 3 | 177 143 103 54 |
143 117 82 44 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 253 201 135 80 |
208 157 111 58 |
| Far Cry 6 | 131 123 101 58 |
105 98 76 45 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 102 82 66 34 |
78 65 47 26 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 126 119 88 56 |
98 90 64 43 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 94 79 61 33 |
73 61 45 27 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 112 96 64 30 |
82 75 43 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 175 157 119 65 |
128 119 85 46 |
| 1080p High | 147 | 116 |
| 1080p Ultra | 122 | 96 |
| 1440p Ultra | 92 | 69 |
| 4K Ultra | 53 | 40 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14438 | 10615 |
| Solar Bay | 65875 | 49340 |
| Port Royal | 8974 | 6054 |
| Fire Strike | 37396 | 28540 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 20610 |
| Night Raid | 158480 | 121368 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 235.3 img/sec | 186.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 157.9 img/sec | 112.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.53 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 7.44 Gpixels/sec | 5.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.87 Gpixels/sec | 4.94 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.58 Gpixels/sec | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 737.7 Gpixels/sec | 446.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22409.2 FPS | 14935.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1110 | 1036 |
| DirectX 11 | 203 FPS | 174 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 93 FPS | 76 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11869 Ops/s | 9150 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
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) | 9717 | 7696 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 19365 | 13706 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 29227 | 23289 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40416 | 31126 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 105639 | 78361 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3577 | 3315 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4193 | 3491 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10820 | 9386 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36574 | 36778 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 200936 | 148120 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada and GeForce RTX 4060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | August 9, 2023 | May 18, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1250 | $299 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD104 | AD107 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 7700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (35th and 53rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 1830 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2175 MHz | 2460 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 3072 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 24MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 174 GPixel/s | 118 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 418 GTexel/s | 236 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 130 W | 115 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 159 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 35 billion | 18 billion |
| Transistor Density | 119.05 MTr/mm² | 113.21 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 20 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | - |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 160-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 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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