Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti price, release date and performance: rumor roundup
Hopefully we'll see the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti soon
➡️ The Shortcut Skinny: A mid-range GPU
🚰 Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti leaks are starting to surface
⚡ Rumors point to a 160W GPU with 8GB of GDDR6
🦐 Should make for a great GPU for smaller PCs
🤑 Price is rumored to be “Under $500,” will likely be around $499
While we used to think the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti would be the next best GPU from Nvidia, it’s starting to look like it’ll come after the release of the RTX 4070, which will instead follow its bigger sibling, the RTX 4070 Ti.
That doesn’t mean the rumors aren’t piling up about Nvidia’s littler graphics card, though. We’re starting to see a lot of specs piling up, pointing to a relatively low power GPU for the best gaming PCs that are likely targeting a resolution of 1080p or 1440p – the latter of which was Nvidia’s target for the 4070 Ti.
This is all speculation, of course, and any specs rumors that are out there should be taken with a grain of salt. But if you’re looking for one place that gathers all the rumors for Nvidia’s mid-range GPU, I’ve got your back. I’ll filter through all the nonsense and deliver what really matters.
RTX 3000 price cut may mean RTX 4060 Ti close
Usually when retailers start slashing the prices on their graphics cards its a pretty good sign that new cards are on the way. And now Best Buy has slashed prices across its RTX 3000 lineup, with even the RTX 3060 Ti seeing huge discounts. Best Buy isn’t alone, either. The RTX 3060 Ti models that are still available on Newegg are seeing steep discounts.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti is on the way, but it’s a pretty good indication that retailers are clearing their store shelves for something new. Whether that ends up being the RTX 4060 Ti or the lower-tier RTX 4060 that was recently leaked remains to be seen. Either way, we’ll probably see something soon.
The RTX 4060 Ti may have to wait for RTX 4070
When the rumors for the RTX 4060 first started appearing about a month ago, I thought it would be the next GPU, following January’s RTX 4070 Ti. But it looks like that may no longer be the case.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 might be the next GPU to hit store shelves instead, according to a report from Videocardz. The leak suggests that the non-Ti 4070 will appear in April, and will be a significantly cut down version of the more powerful version of the 4070.
It’s not unheard of that Nvidia would release both graphics cards at the same time, but I don’t really see it happening. After all, even the RTX 4080 followed a couple months after the launch of the RTX 4090, so it looks like Nvidia is spacing out its GPU releases a little more than usual.
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti specs have started to leak
Leaked specifications for the GPU have appeared on Twitter thanks to known leaker @kopite7kimi, citing the rumored graphics card as a 160W GPU with 8GB of GDDR6, using the AD106 GPU. That’s a lower TDP than the last-generation Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti, which is a first for Lovelace GPUs – the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 have much higher power requirements than their RTX 3000 predecessors.
The tweet also suggests the RTX 4060 Ti will have 4,352 CUDA cores, which is also less than the RTX 3060 Ti. The Ada Lovelace architecture is much more efficient than Turing, as evidenced by the RTX 4080’s performance being much faster than the RTX 3080 with on-paper specs that are much less impressive.
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti price could be same as 3070
A rumor has shown up suggesting the RTX 4060 Ti could launch at the same price as the Nvidia RTX 3070. The leak showed up on a Chinese tech forum known for having accurate tech leaks, and said it would cost “Under $500”. In my experience, this typically means it’ll be $499, but only time will tell if that’s accurate. Given that other rumors have appeared that suggest the RTX 4060 Ti will share the same performance profile with the RTX 3070 as well, it could be a lukewarm product launch.
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti and slow launches
Nvidia RTX 4000 series graphics cards have been launching much slower than in previous generations. The RTX 3060 Ti, for instance, launched just three months after the RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 in December 2021.
Instead, Nvidia just got done launching the RTX 4070 Ti at CES 2023, and we don’t even have a standalone RTX 4070 yet.
These graphics cards will make their way to the best gaming PCs eventually, but it’s definitely frustrating for anyone that doesn’t want to drop $799 at a minimum for a current-generation graphics cards.
Gamers on a budget do have last-gen GPUs that are still great at running the best PC games, but it’s always a bummer to get a brand new graphics card that’s based on technology that hit the market 3 years ago. Especially when that graphics card costs you as much as GPUs do these days.
My hope is that Nvidia starts launching the rest of the Lovelace generation quickly so that folks who have been waiting on an upgrade can get what they need.