Should You Buy nVidia RTX 4060 for Stable Diffusion? AI Gaming?

The RTX 4060 Ti is not better for running generative AI applications than the 12GB 3060 Ti. In fact, it is slightly worse. The RTX 4060 Ti has a narrower memory bus than the 3060 Ti, which means that it can't transfer data as quickly. This can be a bottleneck for generative AI applications, which often require a lot of data to be processed. Additionally, the RTX 4060 Ti has a slightly lower number of CUDA cores than the 3060 Ti. CUDA cores are the processing units that are responsible for performing the calculations in generative AI applications.

As you can see, the two graphics cards are very similar in terms of specifications. However, the 3060 Ti has a slight edge in terms of memory bandwidth and CUDA cores. This means that it will be slightly faster for generative AI applications.

If you are looking for a graphics card for generative AI applications, the RTX 3060 Ti 12GB is a better choice than the RTX 4060 Ti. It is slightly faster, has more memory, and is available at a lower price.

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[Kwipper]

There isn't a 12Gb 3060 ti. There is a 12GB 3060, but there is no 12GB TI variant.

[Johan-rmec]

Memory is the most important thing, this is why 2 X 4060 TI 16GB is better than for example a RTX 4070 TI 16GB for the same price.

[fatidicusaeternus]

DLSS applies to all rendering, not just ray tracing. Additionally, the "7/8ths of all frames" is based on upscaling a traditionally rendered frame from 1080p to 4k and using DLSS 3 to insert an estimated frame between each of those, meaning only 1/8th of all generated pixels are based on actual rendering from the game engine. All this adds graphical artifacts and latency of course.

[gcardinal]

sry can't agree - 16GB is huge for SD - when you generate 512 you simply won't ever get the results as if you are doing larger initial image. also if you are doing this a business to sale images - size matters a lot - and if you source is low quality you wont ever be able to upscale it. for a rig that will just generate images 24x7 and upscale them - time is not as important as high quality end results. but for general having fun - 3060 ti is indeed just as good.

[mrbabyhugh]

it is ignorant for people to say dont buy EVGA cards because they dont do them anymore. WHAT does that have to do with what they had already done.

[JohnDoe-cviw]

i had a 4090 up until a few days ago.. i had to sell it because im going back to school and need to pay some bills ahead of time... i had someone trade me a 3060 to knock $100 off the price and im surprised i thought it would be extremely slow compared to the 4090.. but its not as bad as i thought it would be! still useful actually

[kostadintzvetkov]

RTX 3060 has a 192-bit memory bus, not 256 bits. You should get your facts straight.

[devranjan]

What about RTX 3070 Ti? Is it better than RTX 4060 Ti 16GB in Deep Learning and Generative AI?

[jazzlover]

Am looking for good reviews comparing the 4060Ti/16gb to the 3070/8gb as this is how they are generally found in the wild. I don't think anyone (sane) buys the 4060/8gb card but because of the marketing error, you _must_ put the gigababage in the title, comments+intro. Otherwise we'll just assume the video is not pertinent.

[jamesjonnes]

If I was doing only generative AI, I'd buy a M40 or P40 cheaper than a 3060TI for 16 more GBs of VRAM.

[jcl]

Huh, I am using Invoke AI running SD 1.5 (and variants of this model) on an MSI 2060 and that only has 6GB video ram. Still churning out 768x768 pictures pretty fast. The same goes for my mobile 3050Ti with only 4GB ram so not sure what you say about memory being so critical here. Was wondering about upgrading my standard 2060 to a 4060Ti as it would also be nice to have better gaming performance, but it seems SD would run at 2x speed too which is decent too.

[Shadow_Shinigami]

DLSS/FRAME GEN is only an enhancement for gaming experience on slower paced explorative and story based single player games because of the high latency that gets added on. For everything else it's a worse experience.

[RealShinpin]

I still think 30 series are able to run dlss3. I firmly believe they are witholding it to drive people to buy 40 series... Hopefully someone ports it over to 30 series

[silentwindstudio]

So no real world testing included in the video? uh

[haon]

I thought only the non-ti 3060 has 12gb.

[kehindeadesuyi]

What about someone upgrading from an Geforce Mx150 to a laptop with rtx 4060

[kalibtv]

You are confused with RTX 3060 12GB vs RTX 3060Ti 8GB.

[not_milk]

Honestly it makes the most sense at this point to get an M2 Mac with 32 or 64gb of RAM to be able to run LLM’s and video generators. Since you can’t get that kind of VRAM without a very large budget.

[Feelix]

the only thing rtx4060 is good at is that it consumes less power

[hp]

I have two options, a 3060 12g for 200$ and 3090 24g for 600$. I dont look for fun and I look for a way to make money. what is your suggestion?