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

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 21% to 157%, including 138% in 3DMark Time Spy (20,835 vs 8,747). On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER generates 45.5 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. MSRP range: $599 · $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 4070 SUPERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vram gb 1212
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 WorthPlaying, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, PC Guide, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic and PassMark; 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 4070 SUPERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying, 3DMark, Overclocking.com		 40,528 points21,653 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 23,212 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: PC Guide, WorthPlaying		 12,182 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: PC Guide, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, WorthPlaying, 3DMark, Overclocking.com		 13,035 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com		 5,199 points2,170 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic		 4,650 points1,984 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 20,835 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: PC Guide, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com		 9,831 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,193 pts984 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 29,959 pts16,969 pts

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 4070 SUPER

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Quick answers

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

The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 21% to 157%, including 138% in 3DMark Time Spy (20,835 vs 8,747).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER generates 45.5 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per tyolab.com), best community run on file for each.

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

The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER launched at a $599 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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