GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs RTX 3060
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We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB 16 GB with 34 pipelines and 4352 shaders against the 2 years and 7 months older RTX RTX 3060 12 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
- Performs significantly better (up to 51%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 74% higher maximum theoretical performance (22.1 vs 12.7 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 43% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 86 vs 60 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 48% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (135K vs 91K)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Has 25% higher memory bandwidth: 360 vs 288 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 144 94 83 62 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 172 141 99 53 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 245 190 132 76 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 129 117 92 56 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 95 81 62 32 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 118 112 81 52 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 88 75 57 31 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 105 92 56 26 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 161 147 111 59 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 140 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 117 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 86 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 50 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13456 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 62446 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 8119 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 34258 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 25587 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 135657 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 232.6 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 138.4 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.68 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.06 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.99 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.6 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 652.6 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 19534.7 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1078 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 199 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 89 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11953 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | - | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 123233 |
| Framework | - | ONNX |
| Backend | - | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | July 18, 2023 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $329 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD106 | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (40th and 58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2310 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2535 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4352 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 136 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 34 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 136 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 34 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 122 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 345 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 165 W | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 188 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 22 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 117.02 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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