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

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 7 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 generates 33.4 tokens/s (per tyolab.com) against 27.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (per SmeltCore), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. MSRP range: $499 · $329. 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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*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

SpecGeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vram gb 1612
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, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, WorthPlaying, DatabaseMart, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, 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.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark		 31,146 points21,653 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, 3DMark, WorthPlaying, DatabaseMart		 8,091 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 3,158 points2,170 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic		 2,911 points1,984 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 2,905 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 13,608 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,079 pts984 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 22,641 pts16,969 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 409 rank12 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.

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Quick answers

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

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 7 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 generates 33.4 tokens/s (per tyolab.com) against 27.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (per SmeltCore), best community run on file for each.

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

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

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