NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA106
Launch date	2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	75	117
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1425 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	3840
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count		12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready