Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Review

1. Introduction2. Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition3. 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. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered13. A Plague Tale: Requiem14. Red Dead Redemption 215. Resident Evil Village16. Total War: Warhammer III17. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing: Control21. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207722. Ray Tracing: F1 2223. Ray Tracing: Hitman 324. Ray Tracing: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered25. Ray Tracing: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition26. Ray Tracing Performance Summary27. DLSS Testing28. Clock Speed29. GPU Temperatures30. Acoustics31. Power Draw: 1080p32. Power Draw: 1440p33. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)34. Performance per Watt: 1080p35. Performance per Watt: 1440p36. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)37. Total System Power Draw38. Closing Thoughts39. View All Pages

Following on from the release of the RTX 4070 last month, Nvidia has since announced three new SKUs in the 4060 family, and today we are putting the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB through its paces. Built on AD106 silicon, this new GPU promises extraordinary efficiency, but question marks loom over the 8GB frame buffer. A 16GB model is coming in July, but for now, what can the £389 RTX 4060 Ti 8GB bring to the party?

Coming in as a direct replacement for the venerable RTX 3060 Ti, Nvidia's RTX 4060 Ti is hitting the market at £389, with a 16GB model arriving in July with a £90 price premium over the 8GB model we are reviewing here.

Marking the first appearance of AD106 silicon in the desktop space, Nvidia is positioning this card as a ‘1080p performance champ'. Let's find out if it can deliver on that promise. If you want to read this review as a single page, click HERE.

	RTX 4090	RTX 4080	RTX 4070 Ti	RTX 4070	RTX 4060 Ti	RTX 3060 Ti
Process	TSMC N4	TSMC N4	TSMC N4	TSMC N4	TSMC N4	Samsung 8N
SMs	128	76	60	46	34	38
CUDA Cores	16384	9728	7680	5888	4352	4864
Tensor Cores	512	304	240	184	136	152
RT Cores	128	76	60	46	34	38
Texture Units	512	304	240	184	136	152
ROPs	176	112	80	64	48	80
GPU Boost Clock	2520 MHz	2505 MHz	2610 MHz	2475 MHz	2535 MHz	1665 MHz
Memory Data Rate	21 Gbps	22.4 Gbps	21 Gbps	21 Gbps	18 Gbps	14 Gbps
L2 Cache	73729 KB	65536 KB	49152 KB	36864 KB	32768 KB	4096 KB
Total Video Memory	24GB GDDR6X	16GB GDDR6X	12GB GDDR6X	12GB GDDR6X	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6
Memory Interface	384-bit	256-bit	192-bit	192-bit	128-bit	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	1008 GB/Sec	716.8 GB/Sec	504 GB/Sec	504 GB/Sec	288 GB/Sec	448 GB/Sec
TGP	450W	320W	285W	200W	160W	200W

First, for a quick spec recap. The RTX 4060 Ti marks the first appearance of the AD106 silicon in the desktop space, a tiny die measuring just 190mm². The fundamental building blocks are still the same of course, with the RTX 4060 Ti offering a total of 34 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), each housing 256 CUDA Cores, for a total of 4352. We also find 34 RT cores, 136 Tensor cores, 136 Texture Units, and 48 ROPs.

TSMC's N4 node has Nvidia cranking up the clock speed significantly this generation, with the RTX 4060 Ti sporting a 2535MHz rated boost clock. That's the highest clock speed on a desktop Ada GPU so far, and we would expect GPU Boost to push things further still.

The memory configuration is another area where AD106 has been cut-back significantly. The memory interface has been reduced to 128-bit, and even with 8GB GDDR6 running at 18Gbps, that brings total memory bandwidth down to 288 GB/s, lower than even the RTX 3060. That said, there has been a substantial upgrade to the L2 cache with the Ada architecture, with the RTX 4060 Ti now offering 32MB, compared to just 4MB for GA104.

It's also worth noting that the PCIe bus has also been reduced, with the 4060 Ti offering a Gen4 x8 interface, as opposed to Gen4 x16 connectors on the rest of the 40-series.

Considering these cut-backs, power draw is naturally lower than the RTX 4070, with the 4060 Ti boasting a 160W TGP. This is something we focus on closely, using our updated GPU power testing methodology in this review, so read on for our most detailed power and efficiency testing yet.

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