nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory3072
Cores272 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
VS
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 (51 benchmarks)
Dying Light The Beast
8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4060 (+16%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4060 (+14%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4060 (+10%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Borderlands 4
7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Gearbox Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+21%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+27%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+50%)
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 6 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 6 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
8.5 2023 • Action FromSoftware, Inc.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+22%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+11%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+7%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Winner
Loser
Atlas Fallen
8.6 2023 • Action, Adventure, RPG Deck13
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+31%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+20%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+24%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Fort Solis
7.3 2023 • Adventure Fallen Leaf, Black Drakkar Games
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4060 (+17%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4060 (+14%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4060 (+18%)
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
1080p
| high
| dlss 3 quality
GeForce RTX 4060 (+16%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| high
| dlss 3 quality
GeForce RTX 4060 (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| high
| dlss 3 quality
GeForce RTX 4060 (+14%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Unholy
8.1 2023 • Action, Indie Duality Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+30%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+39%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060 (+7%)
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Wins!
Based on 51 benchmarks across 14 games
41
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
VS
+11.1%
45
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
13
Wins
41
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
25%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
37
Wins
45
Avg FPS
40
Min FPS
73%
Win Rate
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