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

4352

Cores

288 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

$499 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 Ti

$499 • May 2023

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

8GB GDDR6 165W $499 May 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
Memory Size	12 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	170 W	165 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2535 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	288 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	3584	4352
RT Cores	28	34
TMUs	112	136
ROPs	48	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	128-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	2250 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	121.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	288 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	22.06 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	32.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	188 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	22900 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-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

13616 (+51%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

127835 (+40%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

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

139 FPS (+27%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

22720 (+35%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

Game Benchmarks Comparison (180 benchmarks)

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+47%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+44%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+40%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 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

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+10%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+21%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+50%)

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

AVG 6 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

Winner

Loser

Bodycam

7.8 2024 • Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access • Reissad Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+55%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+55%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+50%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

Homeworld 3

8 2024 • Simulation, Strategy • Blackbird Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+63%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+83%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+59%)

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

INDIKA

8.5 2024 • Adventure • Odd Meter

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+57%)

AVG 143 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+58%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+47%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

SAND LAND

8.3 2024 • Action, RPG • ILCA, Inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+49%)

AVG 143 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+49%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (+45%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Wins!

Based on 180 benchmarks across 55 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+41.3%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti