Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs GeForce RTX 3060
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
AD104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 2 years and 7 months older GeForce 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
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
- Performs significantly better (up to 63%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.1x higher maximum theoretical performance (26.7 vs 12.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 53% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 92 vs 60 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 149 98 91 63 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 177 143 103 54 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 253 201 135 80 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 131 123 101 58 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 102 82 66 34 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 126 119 88 56 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 94 79 61 33 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 112 96 64 30 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 175 157 119 65 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 147 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 122 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 92 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 53 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14438 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 65875 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 8974 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 37396 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 158480 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 235.3 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 157.9 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.53 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 7.44 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.87 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.58 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 737.7 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22409.2 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1110 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 203 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 93 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11869 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
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) | 9717 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 19365 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 29227 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40416 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 105639 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3577 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4193 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10820 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36574 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 200936 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada and GeForce RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | August 9, 2023 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1250 | $329 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD104 | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (36th and 58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2175 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 174 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 418 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 130 W | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 35 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 119.05 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 20 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 160-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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