NVIDIA · Ampere
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
12 GB VRAM170W TDP$329 MSRP2021
Full NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB benchmarks →
NVIDIA 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 211%, including 163% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,990 vs 8,747). On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER generates 58.1 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. Released 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB), 2024 (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.
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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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 12 | 16 |
| vram type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| tdp w | 170 | 285 |
| cuda cores | 3584 | 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, Legit Reviews, Overclocking.com, Wccftech, 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 | NVIDIA 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, Legit Reviews, Overclocking.com, Wccftech |
5,074 points | 15,798 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Overclocking.com, Wccftech |
2,192 points | 6,395 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
1,976 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com |
8,747 points | 22,990 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Wccftech |
— | 23,983 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better) Source: Legit Reviews |
9,755 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 | — |
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
- 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))
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))
Quick answers
Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 211%, including 163% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,990 vs 8,747).
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.
What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER cost at launch?
The NVIDIA 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.
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