GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 38% to 57%, including 56% in 3DMark Time Spy (13,608 vs 8,718). On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 33.4 tokens/s (per TYO Lab blog) against 27.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (per Smelt Core), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB. MSRP range: $329 · $499. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

NVIDIA · Ampere

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12 GB VRAM$329 MSRP

Full GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB benchmarks →

NVIDIA · Ada Lovelace

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

16 GB VRAM$499 MSRP

Full GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
vram gb	12	16

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, 3DMark, WorthPlaying, DatabaseMart, WCCFTech, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, Geekbench Browser, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark	21,653 points	31,146 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, 3DMark, DatabaseMart, WCCFTech	5,168 points	8,091 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark, TopCPU.net	2,294 points	3,158 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks	1,974 points	2,911 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) Graphics Score (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	—	2,905 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net	8,718 points	13,608 points
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser	82,071 points	—
Geekbench 6 Vulkan (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser	91,383 points	—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	1,079 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	22,641 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	409 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TYO Lab blog)
llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TyoLab)
llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))

All GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB AI benchmarks →

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

llama3.2:1b-instruct: 210.6 tok/s (LocalScore)
llama3.2:1b: 209.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
llama3.2:1b: 209.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)

All GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB?

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 38% to 57%, including 56% in 3DMark Time Spy (13,608 vs 8,718).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 33.4 tokens/s (per TYO Lab blog) against 27.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (per Smelt Core), best community run on file for each.

What did the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB launched at a $329 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB at $499. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.