RTX 4060 is the latest 60 series GPU currently in the market and it is a very good graphics card for 1080p gaming and 1440p gaming. However, there are lots of controversies surrounding this GPU because this card seems as a downgrade to many tech enthusiasts and end users. The performance doesn’t seeem to impress that much considering it is a next gen card i.e. a 3rd gen RTX card. Being the 2nd gen RTX 60 series card the 3060 used to provide a good value for the price which is where all the controversies meet. So lets no why it is so.
Specifications of RTX 4060
The GeForce RTX 4060 is a performance-segment graphics card from NVIDIA, launched on 18th May 2023. It is built on the 5 nm process, and based on the AD107 graphics processor, in its AD107-400-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce RTX 4060. Moreover,
- The AD107 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 159 mm² and 18,900 million transistors. The GPU operates at a frequency of 1830 MHz, which can be boosted up to 2460 MHz, memory runs at 2125 MHz.
- This card features 24 raytracing acceleration cores for better than ever ray tracing in a 60 series RTX GPU.
- It features 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs.
- It also includes are 96 tensor cores to improve the speed of machine learning applications.
- It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with the GeForce RTX 4060, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface.
- It has DirectX 12 Ultimate support which guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games.
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 draws power from 1x 12-pin power connector, with maximum power draw rated at 115 W. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. GeForce RTX 4060 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x8 interface. The card’s dimensions are 240 mm x 111 mm x 40 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution.
How good is it than the RTX 3060
RTX 4060 is around 20% faster at 1080p and 1440p, and still over 10% faster even at 4K ultra — a setting that neither card handles well. While there are a few edge cases where the 3060 12GB does deliver superior performance, these are at best pyrrhic victories, with neither card running at acceptable levels. Granted, there’s one exception. In Spider-Man: Miles Morales, at 1440p ultra with maxed out RT settings, the 4060 averaged 39.1 fps while the 3060 got 38.5 fps. That’s basically tied, but more importantly, 1% lows were 30.5 fps on the 3060 compared to 26.2 fps on the 4060. Overall, the 3060 does deliver a better experience in that one particular instance. There are almost certainly other instances of games that will run better on the 3060. But examples of such are few and far between.
For pure performance, newer hardware is almost always going to be better. Sure, older GPUs from a higher tier would be faster than a new lower-tier graphics card, but if you’re looking at the same relative level — like 4060 and 3060, or 4070 and 3070 — it’s no real contest. The 4060 typically delivers around 20% more performance than the 3060.
Conclusion
The RTX 4060 is near about 20% faster but it is not enough for the people who will actually use it to upgrade from their last gen GPU as they have spent similar amount of money on that and just to get a 20% uplift is not satisfying them. They expected atleast 40% of boost as the card launched after 3 years. But that doesn’t mean the card is bad, if you are not having a RTX 3060 or higher GPU you can definitely go with the RTX 4060 as an upgrade for your PC. It will defintely making sense who’s upgrading from a 2060 or 2060 super.
