NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Specifications, where the GeForce RTX 4060 sits for gaming, the processor worth pairing with it, and the frame rate the pair returns at every resolution.
Ryzen 5 5600
The GeForce RTX 4060 and the Ryzen 5 5600 return about 45 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A processor slower than the Ryzen 5 5600 leaves the GeForce RTX 4060 idling, and a faster one adds no frames to a GeForce RTX 4060 at this resolution.
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| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Released | 2023 |
| Video memory | 8 GB |
| Board power | 115 W |
| Gaming performance index | 33.0 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
What these numbers mean for the GeForce RTX 4060
On our index the GeForce RTX 4060 scores 33.0, which places it 45th of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 50% of them.
The GeForce RTX 4060 and the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER land on exactly the same index score of 33.0, so on raw throughput the two are interchangeable and the choice between them comes down to memory, power draw and price on the day.
8 GB of memory is the figure to watch on the GeForce RTX 4060: workable at 1080p, tight at 1440p on high presets, and short of what a handful of recent titles want, which on a 8 GB card shows up as stutter rather than a lower frame counter and so gets misdiagnosed as the GeForce RTX 4060 simply being slow.
At 115 W the GeForce RTX 4060 is one of the easier cards to power and cool. A modest supply and a standard case will do, and 115 W is low enough to drop into a small build or a prebuilt whose supply you are not replacing.
Released in 2023, the GeForce RTX 4060 is a card most people now meet on the used market or in an existing build rather than on a shelf, and after 3 years the only price worth judging a GeForce RTX 4060 on is what it costs today.
GeForce RTX 4060 frame rate at each resolution
The GeForce RTX 4060 paired with the Ryzen 5 5600 on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The card is the limit throughout, so the GeForce RTX 4060 falls the full 72% from 61 fps to 17 fps as the pixel count rises.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 61 fps | Balanced |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 45 fps | GPU |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 17 fps | GPU |
How the GeForce RTX 4060 compares
6 cards sit within 30% of the GeForce RTX 4060 on our gaming index, running from the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti at +27% to the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB at +21%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the GeForce RTX 4060, and when to upgrade
Best CPU for the GeForce RTX 4060
When the GeForce RTX 4060 becomes the limit, the GeForce RTX 4070 is the next step worth paying for: 55.0 on our index against 33.0, a jump of 67%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.
Check the GeForce RTX 4060 against your own parts
GeForce RTX 4060 specifications on this page are from NVIDIA, while its performance index of 33.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the GeForce RTX 4060 rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this