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GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 4060

Compare the GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 4060 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1080p and gives more performance per dollar.

  • GeForce RTX 3070 is about 12% faster at 1080p (gaming index 47 vs 42).
  • GeForce RTX 3070 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 43%.
  • GeForce RTX 3070 delivers about 60% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • GeForce RTX 4060 draws less power (115W vs 220W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
GeForce RTX 307047
GeForce RTX 406042

GeForce RTX 3070 is about 12% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 3070

11.2

per $100 spent

Better value

GeForce RTX 4060

7.0

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 4060
Price (from)
$420.60
$599.99
1080p gaming index
47
42
VRAM
8GB GDDR6
8GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
272 GB/s
Boost clock
1725 MHz
2460 MHz
Shader cores
5,888
3,072
Ray tracing cores
46
24
Tensor / AI cores
184
96
TDP
220W
115W
Recommended PSU
650W
550W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
Architecture
Ampere GA104
Ada Lovelace AD107
Process node
Samsung 8N
TSMC 4N
MSRP
$499.00
$299.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 4060
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
31,058
27,883
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,180
2,313
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
114,484
96,626
Render-Blender (samples/min)
3,378
3,133

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 3070from $420.60
From$420.60
16 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 4060from $599.99
From$599.99
2 versions in stock

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