Nvidia RTX 4060 Review ft. MSI

1. Introduction2. Meet the MSI Ventus 2X Black3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Cyberpunk 20778. Days Gone9. Dying Light 210. God of War11. Horizon Zero Dawn12. The Last of Us Part 113. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered14. A Plague Tale: Requiem15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Resident Evil 417. Total War: Warhammer III18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing: Control21. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207722. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive23. Ray Tracing: F1 2224. Ray Tracing: Hitman 325. Ray Tracing: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered26. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider27. Ray Tracing: The Witcher 328. Ray Tracing Performance Summary29. DLSS Testing30. Clock Speed31. GPU Temperatures32. Acoustics33. Power Draw: 1080p34. Power Draw: 1440p35. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)36. Performance per Watt: 1080p37. Performance per Watt: 1440p38. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)39. Total System Power Draw40. Closing Thoughts41. View All Pages

Here we present power draw figures for the graphics card-only, on a per-game basis for all twelve games we tested at 1080p. This is measured using Nvidia's Power Capture Analysis Tool, also known as PCAT. You can read more about our updated power draw testing methodology HERE.

Per-Game Results at 1080p:

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12-Game Average at 1080p:

The RTX 4060 is slightly unusual among the 40-series GPUs, as our testing showed it actually exceeded the 115W TGP. Not in every game, but the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Days Gone see power draw hitting 125W. Over all 12 games we tested it averaged 119.7W, so only slightly above TGP, but considering all the other 40-series cards come in under the rated TGP, it's interesting behaviour. It definitely looks like the 4060 is much more power limited than its more powerful siblings. Of course, power is still very low, coming in about 40W below the RX 7600.

Ray tracing results

As a bonus, we now include the power figures for all eight games we test with ray tracing enabled.

8-Game ray tracing average:

Power draw with ray tracing is a touch higher still, this time averaging 123W over the 8 RT games we tested.

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