RTX 4060 vs 3060 - 25 Games at 1440p & 1080p!

I’ve compared Nvidia’s new RTX 4060 laptop GPU against the RTX 3060 from last gen in 25 games at 4K, 1440p & 1080p resolutions to find out all the differences!

Laptops tested:

EVERYTHING I USE:

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RTX 3060 vs 4060 Gaming Laptop Comparison Timestamps:
0:00 RTX 4060 Laptops Are Here!
0:13 GPU Spec Differences
0:41 GPU Power Limit Differences
0:56 Power Scaling
1:38 Differences Between Laptops Tested
2:32 25 Games Compared
2:42 Cyberpunk 2077
3:09 Cyberpunk 2077 + RT, DLSS & Frame Generation
3:38 The Witcher 3 Next Gen + RT
4:05 Hogwarts Legacy
4:18 Hogwarts Legacy + DLSS & Frame Generation
4:49 Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
5:10 Apex Legends
5:20 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
5:39 Microsoft Flight Simulator
5:47 Microsoft Flight Simulator + DLSS & Frame Generation
6:06 Forza Horizon 5 - The Biggest Difference!
6:39 Dead Space
6:54 Red Dead Redemption 2
7:05 15 More Games Compared!
7:42 4060 vs 3060 - 1080p - 25 Game Average
8:13 4060 vs 3060 - 1440p - 25 Game Average
8:52 25 Game Average
9:17 Price Difference & Laptop Deals
10:27 Cost Per Frame (Value)
11:19 Is RTX 4060 Laptop Worth It?
13:25 More to Picking a Laptop Than Just The GPU!

Disclosure: Purchases made through store links above may provide some compensation to Jarrod'sTech.

[JarrodsTech]

The top of the graph at 8:13 should say faster, not slower.

[muSPKwow]

So if you remove the top 3 games in these charts, the RTX 4060 is about 10% faster. Not worth it.

[tanthokg]

Is a 15% improvement in gaming performance after 2 years reasonable? I doubt that. Not to mention the increased price. At the price of 4060 laptops, it's better to consider buying a 3070 laptop instead

[demrasnawla]

Wow the cost per frame actually got WORSE gen-to-gen, even the desktop 4080 wasn't that bad

[alun]

Around 15% generational improvement is not that great, since 3060 performed around 34% better than 2060. In some countries, 3070 & 3070 Ti are now more affordable, better off getting those unless you really want frame generation

[wazkangz]

Very interesting comparison. The gains were meh, but that cost-per-frame was insane for a 40 series laptop. This and the 40/3070 comparison make me satisfied to have bought a 30 series laptop.

[BlackParade]

Man I am SO happy that I decided to get the Legion 5 Pro deal from yesterday (3070, 5800H, 32GB RAM, €1299) instead of waiting for the RTX 4060.

Thank you Jarrod for the review, it really made me feel better about the purchase!

[adrimi]

Finally! The most awaited review since the RTX 4070 vs 3070ti

[LifeTarik]

isn't it more ideal to pick up a 3070 laptop on sale, that's the way I would go

[GizmoSlipTech]

Thanks for these tests! Love all the data! Some of my thoughts: 1) Many RTX 4060 laptops are not full power 140W GPU configurations, so take this test with a grain of salt. The vast majority of RTX 4060 laptops are in cheaper or thinner laptops, resulting most laptops being in the 75-105W range. Take for example the Gigabyte G5/MSI Katana/Zephyrus G16/Zephyrus G14 with a 4060 vs the same model last year with a low wattage 3060. The RTX 4000 series GPU scales much better at those lower wattages we often find in those thinner laptops, making the RTX 4060 have a larger gap in performance vs lower wattage RTX 3060/3070/3080 models. Meaning that when both GPUs are a lower wattages, the RTX 4060 blows past a similar wattage RTX 3060 and competes instead with 3070 TI/3080 CPUs at the lower wattages. This isn't the case the higher the wattage levels since the 3070 TI / 3080 can get better performance gains at higher wattage levels. So if you want a thicker laptop, then RTX 3000 series provides better bang for the buck in thicker/larger chassis.

2) I have really appreciated Frame Generation for increasing the smoothness of my gameplay in recent titles like Hogwarts and Dying LIght 2. Very few artifacts are ever noticeable and the increased smoothness is very real and should not be ignored when making a purchase decision, especially if you mainly play single player games where the increased latency doesn't matter as much and frankly is very hard to notice at all.

[quantumdot]

I have to say I love your power scaling graphs. I hope you keep doing them for every new GPU.

[Tom-ddsu]

I was in the market for a new laptop with either 3060 or 4060 and went with the 3060, no regrets so far. The 4060 model would have come with an i5 instead of an i7 and was 400€ more expensive. Looking back now im happy i went with the cheaper 3060

[taylorp]

I don’t think you made a mistake with the RTX 4070 video compared to a 3070 TI, this kind of solidifies that Nvidia wasn’t trying to hard to make raw rasterization performance gains with the next generation, other than in their top tier cards. They’re literally just relying on the frame generation in the less expensive models.

[ahmadhesham]

It kinda looks good against the 3060, but I feel like, at that pricing and performance, 3070ti laptops on sale or even 3070 would be a lot better. Especially when you consider the better screen/ chassis you'd mostly get with them.

In my opinion, Nvidia is very lucky that AMD didn't show up much for competition in laptops this year. The generational gain is not as big as we've seen before and it seem they're only relying on frame gen which is still relatively new and, so far, only a handful of games support it. Except for the 4090 and 4080 laptops which cost a fortune. I'm not impressed.

[simplydat]

Some of the 12% performance differences are likely due to CPU and Memory upgrades too. So in reality, 4060 offers only single digit performance improvement over 3060. I guess this is what happens when Nvidia pretty much monopolized the GPU market.

Not sure if it's true, but I heard Nvidia is now also setting rules for laptop manufacturers to sell laptops at a certain minimum price tag if they want to use the RTX 40 series GPU in order to increase Nvidia's brand value.

[princejaiswal]

Leaving RTX 4080 and 4090 laptop, every rtx 4050, 4060 and 4070 is chaos in terms of pricing and performance

[manusiaorang]

3070 vs 4060 could be similar, can't wait for the comparison..!

[JohnBog]

The 115+15 watt 3060 will be remembered at one of the best if not best implementations of GPUs into laptops.

[charanteja]

comparison of 4060 vs 3070Ti or 3070 would be helpful and gives people insight whether to spend extra $300-500 on 4060 or get a 3070Ti laptop that's on sale

[romanbellic]

So glad I got a Legion 5 RTX 3060 last year in February for only 800 Euro on sale. It's got the cheap 250 nits screen though, still solid though.