Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
110
67
60
39
124
78
64
44
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
135
114
80
42
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
201
148
110
55
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
104
95
74
41
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
76
65
45
23
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
93
84
61
39
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
73
56
43
25
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
82
73
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
123
112
81
45
Avg FPS
1080p High100112
1080p Ultra8092
1440p Ultra5867
4K Ultra3237
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
10197
Time Spy874810423
Solar Bay4096444973
Port Royal51425820
Fire Strike2230826478
Night Raid9883198514
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
97986
Background Blur149.6 frames/s142.7 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s103.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec3.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec4.93 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec4.63 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.27 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec430.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps13519.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
17587
G2D Mark961733
DirectX 11128 fps158 fps
DirectX 1269 fps73 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s6845 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
119.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps725.1 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps609.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps484.8 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps2723.3 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps3299.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps272.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.43381.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA106 AD107 (GN21-X4)
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 1140-2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1470-2370 MHz
Shader Units 3584 3072
TMUs 112 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 28 24
Ray Tracing Cores 28 24
Tensor Cores 112 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 71-114 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 141-228 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 9-14.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 170 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

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