Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
172
142
100
54
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
239
194
133
77
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
129
118
95
56
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
95
81
62
31
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
122
110
82
53
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
88
73
55
33
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
104
93
56
29
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
157
149
110
60
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High139100
1080p Ultra11780
1440p Ultra8658
4K Ultra5032
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
13577
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy134698748
Solar Bay6216040964
Port Royal81125142
Fire Strike3429522308
Night Raid13772098831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
135837
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur232.6 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection138.4 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.68 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.06 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.99 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.6 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching652.6 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19534.7 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
22761
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1067961
DirectX 11201 fps128 fps
DirectX 1290 fps69 fps
GPU Compute12216 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
119.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)725.1 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase609.6 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)484.8 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex2723.3 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 23299.3 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.9 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3381.92965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 18, 2023 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD106 GA106
Price 499 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2535 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 4352 3584
TMUs 136 112
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 34 28
Ray Tracing Cores 34 28
Tensor Cores 136 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 345 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 22.1 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 165 W 170 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 1875 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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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