BenchPair

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 38 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (70th percentile). Paired with a Ryzen 3 3300X it lands near 76 fps at 1080p and 22 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsAda Lovelace · 2023
ArchitectureAda Lovelace
Shading units4,352
Boost clock2,535 MHz
Memory16 GB
Memory bandwidth288 GB/s
Board power165 W
Released2023
Frame rate by resolutionwith Ryzen 3 3300X, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 76 97% Balanced
2560 x 1440 45 98% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 35 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 22 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Ryzen 3 3300X 76 1.2%
Core i5-9500 76 1.9%
Core i5-9500F 76 1.9%
Core i3-10325 75 2%
Core i5-9600 77 2.5%
Core i5-9600K 77 2.5%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Ryzen 3 3300X
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 31 OK
Fortnite 63 OK
Counter-Strike 2 123 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 45 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 35 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 38 OK

Who a GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

A narrow memory bus

Relative to its shader count, this card has less memory bandwidth than a balanced design would carry. Our model docks it roughly 6% for it. In practice that penalty grows with resolution: the card holds up at 1080p, where its cache absorbs most requests, and falls off faster than its specification suggests at 1440p and above.

Is 16 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 16 GB clears every title we model with room to spare. Memory is not the constraint on this card, and it is unlikely to become one within its useful life.

Where it sits

Ranked 38 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. Just below: GeForce RTX 5060, GeForce RTX 3070. Full method on the methodology page.