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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs GeForce RTX 4070 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 4070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 19% to 118%, including 92% in 3DMark Time Spy (16,822 vs 8,747). On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 33.4 tokens/s (per TYO Lab blog) against 32.7 for the GeForce RTX 4070 (per singhajit.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the GeForce RTX 4070. MSRP range: $329 · $599. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*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

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBGeForce RTX 4070
vram gb 1212
vram type GDDR6—
tdp w 170—
cuda cores 3584—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, 3DMark, PC Guide, Legit Reviews, Wccftech and Geekbench Browser; 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBGeForce RTX 4070
3DMark DirectX Raytracing (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 —51 fps
3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 —51 FPS
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 21,653 points37,790 points
3DMark FireStrike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: PC Guide		 —9,880 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews, PC Guide, 3DMark, Wccftech		 5,074 points11,040 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 2,192 points4,423 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 1,976 points3,853 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 8,747 points16,822 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 9,755 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, PC Guide		 —8,456 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—

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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the GeForce RTX 4070?

The GeForce RTX 4070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 19% to 118%, including 92% in 3DMark Time Spy (16,822 vs 8,747).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 33.4 tokens/s (per TYO Lab blog) against 32.7 for the GeForce RTX 4070 (per singhajit.com), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the GeForce RTX 4070 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB launched at a $329 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 4070 at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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