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GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 41%, including 41% in 3DMark Time Spy (12,297 vs 8,718). On qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 26.6 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 24.7 for the RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation (per localscore.ai), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation. 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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Specs side-by-side

SpecGeForce RTX 3060 12 GBRTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
vram gb 1220

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Jisaku Hibi, 3DMark, WCCFTech, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, technical.city 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.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 3060 12 GBRTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Jisaku Hibi, 3DMark		 21,653 points28,799 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Jisaku Hibi		 —13,376 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Jisaku Hibi		 —6,358 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Jisaku Hibi, WCCFTech		 5,168 points6,420 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net		 2,294 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 1,974 points2,206 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12 Graphics Score) (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 —2,206 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net, Jisaku Hibi		 8,718 points12,297 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Jisaku Hibi		 —4,882 points
Geekbench 5 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: technical.city		 —124,926 points
Geekbench 5 Vulkan (higher is better)
Source: technical.city		 —110,912 points
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 82,071 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.

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation?

The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 41%, including 41% in 3DMark Time Spy (12,297 vs 8,718).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 26.6 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 24.7 for the RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation (per localscore.ai), best community run on file for each.

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