NVIDIA 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 10% to 59%, including 56% in 3DMark Time Spy (13,608 vs 8,747). On qwen3:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 33.4 tokens/s (per TyoLab) against 27.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12 GB VRAM170W TDP$329 MSRP2021

Full NVIDIA 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	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
vram gb	12	16
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 Notebookcheck, 3DMark, Legit Reviews, WorthPlaying, DatabaseMart, Wccftech, 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	NVIDIA 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: Legit Reviews, WorthPlaying, 3DMark, DatabaseMart, Wccftech	5,074 points	8,091 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark	2,192 points	3,158 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	1,976 points	2,911 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) Graphics Score (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	1,978 points	2,905 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck	8,747 points	13,608 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better) Source: Legit Reviews	9,755 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	984 pts	1,079 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	16,969 pts	22,641 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	12 rank	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.

NVIDIA 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB AI benchmarks →

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

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

All GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

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

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 10% to 59%, including 56% in 3DMark Time Spy (13,608 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 TyoLab) against 27.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (per Hardware Corner), best community run on file for each.

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

The NVIDIA 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.