finally equivalent to the RTX 3070 Ti?

The next generation graphics card model NVIDIA RTX 4000 to have to go out should be the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. But several benchmark results have already leaked and the latter might compete with its little sister: the RTX 3070 Ti.

NVIDIA’s RTX 4060 Ti would rival the RTX 3070 Ti

The first information on this GPU comes from the Chinese Chiphell forum. Indeed, it is a question of a GPU equipped with a chip AD106 which normally corresponds to the RTX 4060 Ti. The RTX 4060, on the other hand, should be released at the end of the year.

The available results of the various benchmarks (all from 3DMark and AIDA64) bring good news. Sure enough, in mid-January we had some performance leaks that indicated the RTX 4060 Ti would be pretty close to the RTX 3070, which was nothing out of the ordinary.

Benchmarks 3D Mark de la RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 3070 Ti

Additionally, we would go from 4352 CUDA cores to 4608 CUDA cores. On the other hand, no change on the VRAM which would remain at 8 GB on a 128-bit bus. A new silicon which would therefore make it possible to generate this increase in performance.

Thanks to the software AIDA64, we know that the GPU reaches the 26 TFLOPS of performance. That’s 13% more than the RTX 3070 Ti. This increase is partly due to the high operating frequencies. In addition, the RTX 4060 Ti would be the model with the highest frequencies: 2.8 GHz.
Then, from benchmark results on 3DMark, we know that the GPU would be 3% faster than the RTX 3070 Ti, but also up to 10% slower depending on the benchmark. On the other hand, thanks to the new architecture, the performances in Ray Tracing would be up regarding 25%.

Biggest improvement would be energy efficiency

The new architecture implemented in the RTX 4000 allows the RTX 4000 to have better energy efficiency compared to the previous generation. This is partly thanks to the TSMC engraving process, whereas the RTX 3000s were made by Samsung Foundry. From the information we have, the RTX 4060 Ti would have a TGP of 180W compared to 290W for the RTX 3070 Ti, an improvement of 27%.

Alleged RTX 4060 Ti specs

In terms of definition, this GPU is intended for Full HD with a maximum refresh rate or QHD, but sacrificing fluidity. On the other hand, thanks to DLSS 3, this graphics card may be able to display a high number of images per second in 1440p and 2160p (UHD). Indeed, this technology promises to benefit from three times more performance than the previous version, provided that the game is compatible.

Finally, it will be interesting to see if NVIDIA intends to use the AD106 chip and thus see if the RTX 4060 Ti will be able to compete with the RTX 3070 Ti with a performance bonus in Ray Tracing.

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