NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 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 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1078 vs 959
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22746 vs 16900
  • Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2911 vs 1996
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 1 Sep 2021
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
PassMark - G2D Mark 1078 vs 959
PassMark - G3D Mark 22746 vs 16900
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2911 vs 1996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1078
959
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22746
16900
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2911
1996
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Geekbench - OpenCL 129876
PassMark - G2D Mark 1078 959
PassMark - G3D Mark 22746 16900
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2911 1996
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 4060 Ti 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA104
Launch date 2023 1 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating 70 69
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2430 MHz 1777 MHz
Core clock speed 2190 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 330.5 GFLOPS (1:64) 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21.15 TFLOPS (1:1) 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 21.15 TFLOPS 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4352 3584
Pixel fill rate 155.5 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 311.0 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
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 288.0 GB/s 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6