GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 GPU parts: GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. MSRP range: $499 · $329. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 38% to 57% (57% in 3DMark Port Royal). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s in the community runs on file.

NVIDIA · Ada Lovelace

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

16 GB VRAM$499 MSRP

Full GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB benchmarks →

NVIDIA · Ampere

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12 GB VRAM$329 MSRP

Full GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB 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 4060 Ti 16GB	GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
vram gb	16	12

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB	GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)	31,146 points	21,653 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)	8,091 points	5,168 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)	3,158 points	2,294 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)	2,911 points	1,974 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) Graphics Score (higher is better)	2,905 points	—
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)	—	1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)	13,608 points	8,718 points
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)	—	82,071 points
Geekbench 6 Vulkan (higher is better)	—	91,383 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)	1,079 pts	—
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)	22,641 pts	—
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)	409 rank	—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

llama3.2:1b-instruct: 210.6 tok/s
llama3.2:1b: 209.0 tok/s
llama3.2:1b: 209.0 tok/s

All GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB AI benchmarks →

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s
llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s
llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s

All GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

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

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 38% to 57% (57% in 3DMark Port Royal).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s in the community runs on file.

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

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB launched at a $499 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB at $329. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.