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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.73 GHz · 220 W Speed index 17/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.31 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.46 GHz · 115 W Speed index 13/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 3072 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.46 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 15.11 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) is 34 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Speed index
17/100
13/100
FP32
20.31 TFLOPS
15.11 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.73 GHz
2.46 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
272 GB/s
TDP
220 W
115 W
Launch Price
499 $
299 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHRNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU ChipGA104-302-A1AD107
Streaming Multiprocessors4624
Shader58883072
Render Output Units9648
Texture Units18496
Raytracing Cores4624
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 24 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz2.125 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps17.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s272 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.125GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Base Clock1.500 GHz1.830 GHz
Boost Clock1.725 GHz2.460 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) has a turbo clock of 1.725 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 2.460 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
TDP220 W115 W
TDP (up)240 W--
Tjunction max93 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 12-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is equipped with a 1 x 12-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Fan-TypeAxial--
Fan 12 x 85 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1DecodeDecode / Encode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Length242 mm--
Height112 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
Weight1,034 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ3/2021Q2/2023
Launch Price499 $299 $
Structure size8 nm5 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) was released in Q3/2021.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 published in Q2/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +32.1 %

  1. 6,549
  2. 4,956

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 10,579

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 2,372

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +34.8 %

  1. 8,139
  2. 6,038

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +34.6 %

  1. 3,417
  2. 2,539

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 48,867

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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +7.1 %

  1. 45 fps (avg)
  2. 42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +3.8 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +1.2 %

  1. 81 fps (avg)
  2. 80 fps (avg)

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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +10.0 %

  1. 22 fps (avg)
  2. 20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +25.0 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +19.5 %

  1. 98 fps (avg)
  2. 82 fps (avg)

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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +20.0 %

  1. 78 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +25.0 %

  1. 140 fps (avg)
  2. 112 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +14.8 %

  1. 186 fps (avg)
  2. 162 fps (avg)

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +23.9 %

  1. 126,216
  2. 101,863

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition (LHR) +25.2 %

  1. 119,264
  2. 95,286

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