NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2535 MHz vs 1725 MHz
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 344.8 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1063 vs 997
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22728 vs 22294
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 May 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2535 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate 344.8 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1063 vs 997
PassMark - G3D Mark 22728 vs 22294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Around 35% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4352
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3161 vs 2904
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 5888 vs 4352
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3161 vs 2904

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1063
997
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22728
22294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2904
3161
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark 1063 997
PassMark - G3D Mark 22728 22294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2904 3161
Geekbench - OpenCL 123479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA104
Launch date 18 May 2023 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 44 43
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2535 MHz 1725 MHz
Core clock speed 2310 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 4352 5888
Pixel fill rate 121.7 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 344.8 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 22900 million 17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 240 mm, 9.4 inches 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 111 mm, 4.4 inches 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6