GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR
vs
Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Ada Lovelace) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR has the GA106-302-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V is based on the graphics chip AD104-250-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR GPU Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Ampere Architecture Ada Lovelace
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3584 Shader 5888
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 184
28 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V is 21.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.313 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.792 GHz Boost Clock 2.475 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W (Reference).

The Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 200 W (Reference).

170 W (Reference) TDP 200 W (Reference)
-- 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 OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V 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 No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

198 mm Length 325 mm
121 mm Height 134 mm
39 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1160 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12G (rev. 2.0)LHR has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2023.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 4070 NB EX-V came on the market in Q2/2023 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD Part-no --
Q1/2023 Release date Q2/2023
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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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