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

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 97% to 206%, including 164% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,990 vs 8,718). On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER generates 58.1 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TyoLab), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. MSRP range: $329 · $799. 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

16 GB VRAM285W TDP$799 MSRP2024

Full NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 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	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
vram gb	12	16
vram type	—	GDDR6X
tdp w	—	285
cuda cores	—	8448

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from WorthPlaying, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, WCCFTech, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, TechPowerUp 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.

Benchmark	GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, 3DMark	21,653 points	42,724 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying	—	26,435 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying	—	14,209 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Overclocking.com, WCCFTech	5,168 points	15,798 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Overclocking.com, TopCPU.net, WCCFTech	2,294 points	6,395 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks	1,974 points	—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, WorthPlaying, TopCPU.net, Overclocking.com	8,718 points	22,990 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: WCCFTech	—	23,983 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com	—	11,170 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: WCCFTech	—	11,981 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.

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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

All GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB AI benchmarks →

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

llama3.2:1b: 161.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
llama2:7b: 132.3 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA Scoreboard))
llama2:7b: 132.3 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))

All NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 97% to 206%, including 164% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,990 vs 8,718).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER generates 58.1 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TyoLab), best community run on file for each.

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

The GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER at $799. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.