NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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: 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), 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 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 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 101793 vs 88251
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1106 vs 971
• Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19885 vs 17107
• Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10620 vs 8783
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 311.253 vs 299.369
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 33.932 vs 28.778
• Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1500.926 vs 1152.664
• Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6622.553 vs 4021.382

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

• Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 200 Watt
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 169.697

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	101793 88251
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1106 971
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	19885 17107
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	10620 8783
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	311.253 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.932 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	169.697 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1500.926 1152.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6622.553 4021.382

Compare specifications (specs)