NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB is ahead by 4% on our index and meets the recommended card of 12 more games. Below: where each one wins.
Performance index 27 26
Video memory 12 GB 8 GB
Rated power 170 W 115 W
Launch price $329 no list price
Index per $100 8.2 —
Games at recommended 268 256
Released20212023
FeaturesDLSS · FSR · ray tracingDLSS · FSR · ray tracing
At 1440p in the heaviest games
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 22524
- Fortnite2827
- Palworld2827
Modelled FPS, high preset, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Left: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB; right: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop.
Games only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB runs at recommended
- Schedule I
- Call of Duty®
- Battlefield™ 2042
- War Robots: Frontiers
- Halo Infinite
- SCP: Secret Laboratory
- Satisfactory
- Squad
And 4 more.
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop?
Yes — the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB scores 27 on our index to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop's 26, a 4% gap.
Which one runs more games at the recommended spec?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB meets the recommended graphics card of 268 of 274 games; the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop, 256.