NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB 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 Ti 8 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 220 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 220 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 2190 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 311.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 21% higher pipelines: 4352 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 82% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 13497 vs 7432
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1074 vs 969
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22777 vs 15366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 12 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	2190 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	311.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4352 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	13497 vs 7432
PassMark - G2D Mark	1074 vs 969
PassMark - G3D Mark	22777 vs 15366

Compare benchmarks

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

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7432

13497

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

969

1074

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15366

22777

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7432	13497
PassMark - G2D Mark	969	1074
PassMark - G3D Mark	15366	22777
Geekbench - OpenCL		129918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		474.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		190.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1830.143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA106	AD106
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	67	68
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2430 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	2190 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	3584	4352
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	155.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	311.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		330.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		21.15 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		21.15 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