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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB

Compare recorded specifications and inspect source links for both devices. Speed comparisons appear only when workload, runtime version, quantization, context and batch match.

Device profile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

Compared here against NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB.

Curated Aggregate·2025-12-1112GB / $329
Speed evidence

Matched rows below

VRAM

12 GB

TDP

170 W

Rating

Not scored

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Device profile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB

Compared here against NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB.

Curated Aggregate·2024-09-128GB / $299
Speed evidence

Matched rows below

VRAM

8 GB

TDP

115 W

Rating

Not scored

Open hardware briefView Amazon

Quick verdict

Speed comparisons require matching runtime settings. A missing score means insufficient comparative evidence.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB wins VRAM capacity.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB has the lower published power rating.

MetricNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
MyAI ratingNot scoredNot scored
Speed comparisonSee matched rows belowSee matched rows below
VRAM12 GB8 GB
TDP170 W115 W
MSRP$329$299
Workloads53

Shared benchmark rows

No batch-one rows with matching model, quantization, context, runtime and offload notes are available. We cannot calculate a comparable speed difference.
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External quality layer

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This shortlist cross-references the external OpenEvals snapshot with an approximate Q4-class VRAM estimate. Use it to sanity-check whether the hardware you are comparing can host strong open models, not just benchmark toy workloads.

Full ingest

microsoft/Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct

14B params · est. 8.4 GB Q4

91.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB: likely fitNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB: tight / no

microsoft/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

3.8B params · est. 2.3 GB Q4

86.2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB: likely fitNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB: likely fit

internlm/internlm2_5-7b-chat

7.7B params · est. 4.6 GB Q4

86.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB: likely fitNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB: likely fit

microsoft/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct

3.8B params · est. 2.3 GB Q4

85.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB: likely fitNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB: likely fit