NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 - 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 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1777 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17566 vs 17107
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89106 vs 88251
  • Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2255 vs 1961
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17566 vs 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 89106 vs 88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2255 vs 1961

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 181.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3072
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 732
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 181.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 3072
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 732

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
732
971
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17566
17107
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
89106
88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2255
1961
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark 732 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 17566 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 89106 88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2255 1961
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD107 GA106
Launch date 2023 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 123 134
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1890 MHz 1777 MHz
Core clock speed 1545 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 181.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 11.61 TFLOPS (1:1) 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 11.61 TFLOPS 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 3584
Pixel fill rate 60.48 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 181.4 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 12-pin
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 256.0 GB/s 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6