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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 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 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 961
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 16857
Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2302 vs 1997

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 1 Sep 2021
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 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	1081 vs 961
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722 vs 16857
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302 vs 1997

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

961

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19722

16857

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2302

1997

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081	961
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722	16857
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302	1997
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 4060	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	75	74
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	3584
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 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