nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

3072

Cores

272 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

$299 May 2023 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 4060

$299 • May 2023

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

8GB GDDR6 115W $299 May 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Memory Size	12 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	170 W	115 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2460 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	272 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	3584	3072
RT Cores	28	24
TMUs	112	96
ROPs	48	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	128-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	2125 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	118.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	272 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	15.11 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	24.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	159 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	18900 Million
Required PSU	450 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

10689 (+19%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

106633 (+16%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

118.3 FPS (+8%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

19736 (+17%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Game Benchmarks Comparison (21 benchmarks)

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

7.3 2023 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 (+2%)

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+7%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 (+7%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+25%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+17%)

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| Patch: v1.808

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+3%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| Patch: v1.808

GeForce RTX 4060 (+0%)

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| Patch: v1.808

GeForce RTX 4060 (+7%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Baldur's Gate 3

7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Larian Studios

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v4.1

GeForce RTX 4060 (+18%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v4.1

GeForce RTX 4060 (+21%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v4.1

GeForce RTX 4060 (+17%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Last of Us™ Part I

8.5 2023 • Action, Adventure • Naughty Dog LLC, Iron Galaxy Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 (+8%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 (+5%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+10%)

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

DOOM Eternal

7.6 2020 • Action • id Software

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| Patch: v2.2

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+34%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| Patch: v2.2

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+33%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| Patch: v2.2

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+33%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

8 2022 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Ubisoft Montreal

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.7

GeForce RTX 4060 (+36%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.7

GeForce RTX 4060 (+25%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.7

GeForce RTX 4060 (+14%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Wins!

Based on 21 benchmarks across 5 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+2%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4060