NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 554.4 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Around 87% higher pipelines: 7168 vs 3840
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1180 vs 1081
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29969 vs 19722
Around 89% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 192400 vs 101650
2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4627 vs 2302

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7168 vs 3840
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1180 vs 1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	29969 vs 19722
Geekbench - OpenCL	192400 vs 101650
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4627 vs 2302

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1980 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2475 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 220 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 8 Jan 2024
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1980 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 2475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1180

1081

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29969

19722

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192400

101650

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4627

2302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
PassMark - G2D Mark	1180	1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	29969	19722
Geekbench - OpenCL	192400	101650
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4627	2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6622.553

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD106
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	2023
Place in performance rating	23	75
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	7168	3840
Pixel fill rate	198.0 GPixel/s	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		20.28 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	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	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	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6