Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
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
146
94
84
60
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
172
142
100
54
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
239
194
133
77
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
129
118
95
56
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
95
81
62
31
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
122
110
82
53
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
88
73
55
33
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
104
93
56
29
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
157
149
110
60
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High13976
1080p Ultra11759
1440p Ultra8643
4K Ultra5022
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
13577
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy134696227
Solar Bay6216030015
Port Royal81123542
Fire Strike3429515972
Night Raid13772074372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
135837
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur232.6 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection138.4 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.68 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.06 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.99 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.6 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching652.6 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19534.7 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
22761
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1067918
DirectX 11201 fps91 fps
DirectX 1290 fps59 fps
GPU Compute12216 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
119.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)725.1 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase609.6 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)484.8 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex2723.3 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 23299.3 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.9 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3381.92081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 18, 2023 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD106 GA106
Price 499 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2535 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 4352 2560
TMUs 136 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 34 20
Ray Tracing Cores 34 20
Tensor Cores 136 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 345 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 22.1 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 165 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 188 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 22 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 117.02 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB the clear winner in this comparison.

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