NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 90% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2299 vs 1578
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1085 vs 970
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19762 vs 15339

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 12 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2299 vs 1578
PassMark - G2D Mark	1085 vs 970
PassMark - G3D Mark	19762 vs 15339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1578

2299

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

970

1085

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15339

19762

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1578	2299
PassMark - G2D Mark	970	1085
PassMark - G3D Mark	15339	19762
Geekbench - OpenCL		101684
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 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA106	AD106
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	74	73
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	3584	3840
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	12000 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
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6