NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1777 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 918
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722 vs 12598

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

918

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19722

12598

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722	12598
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA106
Launch date	2023	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	75	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	2560
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count		12000 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 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Length		242 mm, 9.5 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	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6