GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR
vs
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR and the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TI (8GB), which has 4352 shaders and 34 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR GPU ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TI (8GB)
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip AD106-350-A1
Ampere Architecture Ada Lovelace
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 34
3584 Shader 4352
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 136
28 Raytracing Cores 34

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge is 2.310 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 2.310 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 2.535 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR is 170 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W (Reference) TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ZOTAC SPECTRA

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR is 198 mm long, 121 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge is 226 mm long, 123 mm high and 40 mm wide.

198 mm Length 226 mm
121 mm Height 123 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce 12G LHR was released in Q2/2023 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

GV-N3060WF2-12GD Part-no ZT-D40610E-10M
Q2/2023 Release date Q2/2023
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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