NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 Ti GDDR6X

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Around 27% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3840
Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2795 vs 2302

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4864 vs 3840
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2795 vs 2302

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 19 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2795

2302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2795	2302
Geekbench - OpenCL		101650
PassMark - G2D Mark		1081
PassMark - G3D Mark		19722
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 Ti GDDR6X	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA104	AD106
Launch date	19 Oct 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	460	75
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS	20.28 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	3840
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million
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)	550 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	608.3 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6