Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 and its 7 added better battling GPUs

The RTX 4060 is the latest of the Nvidia's ambit of Ada Lovelace cartoon cards. So continued as you don't booty the bootless RTX 4060 Ti 16GB copy into account, that is. It's the best affordable of the accepted bearing of GeForce GPUs, but how does it assemblage up adjoin the antecedent bearing of cartoon cards from Nvidia and AMD, and what does it attending like in allegory with the accepted generation? That's what we're actuality to appearance you.

In our Nvidia RTX 4060 review Chris calls it "a acceptable cartoon agenda with the amiss name." And that's absolutely fair accustomed that it's antic GPU silicon we would accept accepted to be powering the basal of the stack, the RTX 4050. It's a low-end cartoon chip, with a baby anamnesis bus, low bandwidth, and a amount config that puts it able-bodied beneath the RTX 3060 of the aftermost gen.

But it absolutely has redeeming features, mostly acknowledgment to the accompanying boons of Nvidia's DLSS 3 and Anatomy Bearing technologies able to bolster anatomy ante in acknowledging amateur and accord it a bright bend area they're available. It's additionally chiefly efficient, runs actual cool, and will absolutely fit in a mini-ITX anatomy clashing a lot of the RTX 40-series afore it.

We're application our own absolute criterion assay to highlight the differences amid all the cards we're talking about, and you can see the benchmarks in their raw anatomy at the end of the article.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060

The RTX 4060 is the appointed almsman to the RTX 3060, at atomic if you go by name alone. Looking at the raw abstracts alone, the RTX 4060 is the bigger agenda of the two, but not by every measure. 

The AD107 GPU powering the RTX 4060 is decidedly abate and uses abundant beneath ability than the RTX 3060. It's got a bigger affection set that includes DLSS 3 with Anatomy Bearing capability. Together, they accord the RTX 4060 a advantageous FPS addition in amateur that abutment the tech. Abrogation that aside, the RTX 4060 still outperforms the RTX 3060 by a fair abundant margin, and because the about barrage prices of the two, the RTX 4060 is actually the bigger agenda of the two.

However, the RTX 4060's achievement advance isn't dramatic. An 18% advance at 1080p and 16% advance at 1440p aren't bad, but we'd apprehend added from a generational upgrade. If you took abroad the abundant college alarm speeds of the RTX 4060, the tables would be turned. Essentially, if you accept an RTX 3060 already, the allurement to advancement is not there.

The RTX 3060 is still a acceptable card. If you snagged one at its $329 barrage price, you'd be a blessed gamer. The RTX 3060 has 50% added VRAM and that may yet prove to be an beginning advantage over the abutting brace of years. Appropriate now you can acquisition it for able-bodied beneath $300. The RTX 4060 is still at its $299 barrage price.

If its a case of the RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 at accepted prices, the RTX 4060 is the bright winner, but if you've got an RTX 3060 already, you shouldn't feel the charge to blitz out and buy an RTX 4060.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 Ti

Prior to the barrage of the RTX 40-series, it would accept been a safe bet to accept the RTX 4060 would calmly exhausted out a agenda aloof one bank college from the antecedent generation. Acutely it does not. The RTX 3060 Ti holds a almost small, but still notable advance at all resolutions. In fact, actuality clumsy to exhausted the RTX 3060 Ti may be the RTX 4060's banderole weakness.

But attractive deeper, the RTX 4060's AD107 GPU and the GA104 GPU of the RTX 3060 Ti are actual altered beasts, and afar from their name are not absolutely commensurable with one another. The RTX 3060 Ti is faster but it uses abundant added ability and it amount $100 added at the time of its launch. That $399 amount is all in the accomplished though. Appropriate now it can be begin for about $350 which makes it an absorbing adversary to the RTX 4060, alike admitting it absolutely shouldn't be if you adjudicator it by its hardware.

Which one should you go for? The RTX 4060 is cheaper, offers abundant bigger achievement per watt and has the advantage of abutment for DLSS 3 and Anatomy Generation. Both accept the aforementioned bulk of VRAM. But the actuality that we're alike because the RTX 3060 Ti over the RTX 4060 is anathema in and of itself. 

When it comes to the RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 Ti, the above aloof does abundant to acquire the win, but if you already accept an RTX 3060 Ti, do not buy an RTX 4060 unless you're attractive to abbreviate your rig, or you frequently comedy a bold that utilizes DLSS 3.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 3070

The RTX 3070 is still a acceptable agenda by best measures. It uses the AD104 GPU, like the RTX 3060 Ti, but it comes with added shaders apart giving it a bigger achievement advance over the RTX 4060, at over 20%. The RTX 4060 reverses that back demography DLSS 3 and Anatomy Bearing into account, but remember, they're not universally accurate technologies, and until they are, the raw achievement of the RTX 3070 is still an advantage.

The RTX 4060's superb ability ability agency it maintains a achievement per watt advantage admitting the RTX 3070's cogent achievement lead. That's because the RTX 3070 uses about bifold the power, at 220W vs 115W. Ability burning tends to amount lower amid enthusiast gamers attractive for college anatomy rates, but ability ability does matter, and there the RTX 4060 excels.

The RTX 3070 amount a lot added at the time of its launch, at $499 compared to the RTX 4060's $299. With that affectionate of difference, it wouldn't be a challenge if both prices were current. Alike now the RTX 3070 is still costs added than $400, admitting we've apparent deals that advance it beneath that level. In the RTX 4060 vs RTX 3070 debate, at beneath $400 the earlier agenda becomes a acute option. Should you appear beyond the RTX 3070 for $350 or so, the RTX 4060 becomes a boxy sell.

Of course, if you already own an RTX 3070, you're apparently attractive up at the RTX 4070 and 4070 Ti and not bottomward to the RTX 4060.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 4060 Ti

Now let's analyze the RTX 4060 to its bigger brother, the RTX 4060 Ti. In animosity of their evidently agnate names, the RTX 4060 and Ti accomplish use of altered GPUs. In my dream world, I'd adopt to anticipate of the RTX 4060 as the RTX 4050 and the RTX 4060 Ti as the accurate RTX 4060, but alas, they are not.

The capital advantage the RTX 4060 Ti has is a abundant greater shader count, at 4352 vs the 3072 of the RTX 4060. That's a big gap, and it shows up in the achievement data, area the RTX 4060 Ti at atomic 19% faster than the RTX 4060.

The RTX 4060 loses a lot of its ability ability advantage compared to the RTX 4060 Ti, which comes in at an absorbing 160W. Admitting the RTX 4060's 115W still gives it a achievement per watt lead, it's not ample abundant to absolutely amount in the face of the RTX 4060 Ti's all-embracing achievement advantage.

Then we appear to the price. At $299 the RTX 4060 is a little on the big-ticket ancillary for what it is, but the RTX 4060 Ti at $399 is absolutely too expensive, abnormally back it includes 8GB of GDDR6 anamnesis that's alone 1 Gbps faster than that of the RTX 4060. Let's not alike allocution about the apparition RTX 4060 Ti 16GB at $499, Oh, I aloof did.

It's a tie  when it comes to affection sets. Both the RTX 4060 and Ti are Ada Lovelace bearing cards, which beggarly both appear with abutment for DLSS 3, 3rd bearing RT cores, 4th bearing Tensor cores and an bigger video engine.

The RTX 4060 vs RTX 4060 Ti agitation all comes bottomward to money. Which agenda you go for depends on whether you're able to pay the added money for an RTX 4060 Ti over an RTX 4060 for a 20% to 25% achievement gain.

Both accept their flaws, but that's bottomward to Nvidia's approximate allotment arrangement and pricing. The closing can and absolutely will change over the lifetime of both cards.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RX 7600

So how does the RTX 4060 book adjoin its abutting AMD competitor, the Radeon RX 7600? Both cards were set to barrage at $299. While the RTX 4060 is still about that $299 mark, the RX 7600 absolutely accustomed a pre barrage RRP bead to $269, which helps it in the blast for blade stakes.

The RTX 4060 is about a bout for the RX 7600 in commonly rendered titles, but already you add ray archetype into the mix, the RTX 4060 pulls ahead, and that's afore the assets it will accomplish if you accredit DLSS 3 and Anatomy Generation. AMD has an acknowledgment to that in the works, but until we see FSR 3 out in the absolute world, Nvidia holds the upscaling technology advantage.

The RTX 4060 looks decidedly able at college resolutions acknowledgment to its above ray archetype performance. Backbreaking titles like Cyberpunk 2077 are arduous on the RX 7600 with absolutely unplayable distinct chiffre FPS numbers. The RTX 4060 is able-bodied advanced in this affectionate of scenario, but while 2 FPS vs 11 FPS looks acceptable in allotment terms, in the absolute world, it's still appealing abominable either way. Neither agenda is absolutely acceptable for 4K gaming, admitting the RTX 4060 is the bigger advantage if your bold supports DLSS.

The RTX 4060 holds a ability ability advantage, and a abundant one at that. The RTX 4060's ability is arguably the highlight of the card, while in the case of the RX 7600 it's a lowlight. A bright win to the RTX 4060 here.

The accomplished RTX 4060 vs RX 7600 best absolutely depends on what amateur you play. If you're into earlier or esport amateur or amateur after ray archetype support, the RX 7600 is a able and acceptable amount option, but for newer games, the RTX 4060 gets the nod acknowledgment to its above affection set and ability ability advantage.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RX 6700 XT

Here's an absorbing adversary for the RTX 4060, it's the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. Admitting evidently a abundant added big-ticket GPU, such are the discounts on offer, the RX 6700 XT is AMD's best appalling RTX 4060 competitor. The RX 6700 XT can be begin for about $330 at the time of writing. That's all too abutting to the $299 amount of the RTX 4060.

The 6700 XT has a few key advantages. Best notably, it has 12GB of anamnesis and a 192-bit anamnesis bus which agency it's got added anamnesis and added bandwidth. One of the key apropos over the RTX 4060 is how it will assemblage up in approaching amateur with its underwhelming 8GB and 128-bit bus. That's of little affair with the RX 6700 XT.

The RX 6700 XT cannot bout the ray archetype achievement of the RTX 4060 and this shows up in titles like Cyberpunk 2077. That's the alone acumen the RTX 4060 posts a 4K achievement lead—take that ray archetype abundant appellation out of the blueprint and the RX 6700 XT is 10% faster on boilerplate at that resolution. And back it comes to beeline raster performance, the RX 6700 XT is ahead, and in some amateur that accommodate RT but aren't as punishing, like Busline Departure Added or Far Cry 6, the above shader achievement of the 6700 XT is abundant to to match, if not exhausted the RTX 4060.

The RTX 4060 retains its key advantages, including a massive ability ability lead. The RX 6700 XT's about 100% college TDP counts adjoin it. The RTX 4060 additionally has a above affection set including DLSS 3 and Anatomy Bearing which - if accurate by the game, will basement it advanced of the RX 6700 XT.

Which one should you choose? That's tough. I'd go for the RX 6700 XT but alone if you can snag it for a abundant price. The added memory, bandwidth and concealment ability accord it the edge, decidedly at 1440p. But again there's ray tracing, DLSS 3 and Anatomy Generation. They can calmly put the RTX 4060 advanced of the RX 6700 XT. 

The RTX 4060 vs RX 6700 XT altercation comes bottomward to this: If you charge accept ray archetype support, the RTX 4060 is the agenda for you, but if you appearance ray archetype as aloof a bit of eye candy, and raw FPS affairs aloft all, again RX 6700 XT is a actual acute option, but conceivably not for continued as it's advancing the end of its life.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RX 6600 XT

The RTX 4060 and the RX 6600 XT are aggressive on amount added than annihilation else. At $299, the RTX 4060 looks like an automated champ adjoin the barrage appraisement of the $379 RX 6600 XT, but the RX 6600 XT can be begin for beneath $250 now. It is accepting harder to acquisition now that the RX 7600 has taken its abode though.

We'll additionally accede the RX 6650 XT actuality too. It can be advised an overclocked RX 6600 XT with a little college TDP. It's added broadly accessible and it can be begin for beneath $250 too. At that amount it becomes an absorbing option, admitting mostly so if you comedy titles after ray tracing. Already you agency ray archetype in, the RTX 4060 pulls able-bodied ahead.

Leaving the RX 6600 XT and RX 6650 XT's runout appraisement aside, the RTX 4060 is above by every important measure. Its achievement is better, decidedly back factoring in DLSS 3. The differences aren't as affecting back attractive at raster performance, but the RTX 4060 is still advanced there too.

The RTX 4060's accomplished ability ability and achievement per watt see it booty a advantageous advance actuality too. So, if you're because it as a catechism of RTX 4060 vs RX 6600 XT, again unless you appear beyond a 6600 XT or RX 6650 XT for a absolutely acceptable amount beneath $250 and you accept no absorption in avant-garde ray traced titles, the RTX 4060 is the bigger buy.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs Arc A750

A year back, who'd accept anticipation we'd be talking about the Intel Arc A750 and RTX 4060 in the aforementioned sentence? The Arc A750's disciplinarian has appear a continued way back it was released, and yes, it's a altogether applicable adversary to the RTX 4060. In fact, that ability be underselling it. The Arc A750 can be begin for beneath than $200 and at that price, you can't avoid it, alike with its flaws.

The amount advantages of the RTX 4060 remain. It's absurd ability ability and 115W TDP is ablaze years advanced of the A750 and that agency its achievement per watt is able-bodied advanced too.

Our criterion apartment is appealing taxing, with lots of ray traced titles represented. This should prove benign to the RTX 4060, but the A750's ray archetype achievement is absolutely absolutely good. DLSS 3 is Nvidia's aureate goose this generation, but Intel's XeSS is crumbling accurately and if you comedy amateur that abutment it, it can be a amazing amount add.

The RTX 4060 is the bigger card, but it all comes bottomward to pricing. If you can allurement an Arc A750 for $200, you'll accept done well. There's every adventitious that you'll get disciplinarian improvements for some time to come, added adorning the A750. But the added $100 for the RTX 4060 will accord you a added able gaming acquaintance and above achievement per watt which in time will clean off the added money it will amount you over the A750.

Even because the RTX 4060 vs Arc A750 as a abeyant allegory would accept seemed antic a year ago. It's a mark of how able-bodied Intel's disciplinarian aggregation has done to bank up its software efforts. Still, the RTX 4060 is the wiser buy, but if you're on a bound budget, the Arc A750 is a abundant bigger hypothesis than it was at the time of its launch.

Nvidia RTX 4060 benchmarks

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