NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 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 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 59% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1575 MHz
  • Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1770 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 290 Watt
  • Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 1051
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 169.697 vs 146.214
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 31 May 2021
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1575 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 290 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 vs 1051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 vs 146.214

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 339.8 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3840
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 137664 vs 101650
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23411 vs 19722
  • Around 51% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3478 vs 2302
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 342.287 vs 311.253
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 42.369 vs 33.932
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1807.647 vs 1500.926
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 339.8 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 3840
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 137664 vs 101650
PassMark - G3D Mark 23411 vs 19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3478 vs 2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 342.287 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 42.369 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1807.647 vs 1500.926

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101650
137664
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
1051
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19722
23411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2302
3478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
1807.647
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 137664
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 1051
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 23411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 3478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 1807.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8004

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA104
Launch date 2023 31 May 2021
Place in performance rating 75 66
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 316.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 339.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS (1:1) 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS 21.75 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 6144
Pixel fill rate 126.7 GPixel/s 169.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s 339.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 290 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

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

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 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches

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 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X