Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs RTX 3070: Which is the best mid-range GPU for gaming?

The Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti is the new budget offering from Team Green, and the card brings efficiency and performance improvements to those on a budget. The GPU was initially launched for a hefty $400 price tag, which is now considered to be the upper range of the budget segment. Interestingly, 1440p gaming cards like the RX 6700 XT and the RTX 3070 have been discounted enough to cost almost as much as the 4060 Ti these days.

Gamers might get confused between the 70-class GPUs from the last generation and newer video cards like the RTX 4060 Ti and the 4060. While the Ada Lovelace cards have their set of selling points: frame generation and much better power efficiency, to name a few, the last-gen cards are tried and tested. This makes them more reliable.

In this article, we will pitch the $400 40 series GPU against the RX 6700 XT and the RTX 3070 from the last gen. We will try to figure out which offers the most value for gamers.

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Is the new Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti worth buying over the last-gen RX 6700 XT and RTX 3070?

Before delving into the performance differences between the 4060 Ti and the last-gen RX 6700 XT and RTX 3070, let's look at the on-paper specs of these GPUs. It is worth noting that an apples-to-apples comparison isn't possible since the cards are based on wildly different architectures.

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Specs

The RX 6700 XT has a lot of positives going for it at first glance. The GPU comes with a larger 12 GB memory buffer that will help while playing video games at higher resolutions like 1440p. Both the Nvidia cards come with 8 GB of VRAM.

It is worth noting that the company is planning to launch a 16 GB version of the 4060 Ti for $499. however, that will make it the costliest card in this comparison. Also, the GPU doesn't launch until later in July.

	Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	Nvidia RTX 3070
Graphics processor	AD106	Navi 22	GA104
Shading units/CUDA cores	4,352	2,560	5,888
TMUs	136	160	184
ROPs	48	64	96
Memory size	8 GB	12 GB	8 GB
Memory type	18 Gbps 128-bit GDDR6	16 Gbps 192-bit GDDR6	14 Gbps 256-bit GDDR6
RT cores	34	40	46
Compute units	N/A	40	N/A
TDP	160W	230W	220W
Price	$399	$319	$409.99

AMD also wins in terms of pricing. The 6700 XT has been massively discounted to stay competitive against the likes of the RTX 3060 Ti and the RTX 4060.

In comparison, the 4060 Ti is selling for $399, while the 3070 has been discounted to $409.99. Thus, the 6700 XT is way cheaper than the RTX 4060 Ti and the 3070 it was launched to take on. The cheapest listing for this card on Newegg is $319 as of writing.

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Performance

In terms of raw rasterization performance, the three cards are pretty close to each other. Do note that these numbers are without upscaling technologies like DLSS and FSR turned on at 1080p. Turning on DLSS 3 on the new 60-class GPU will boost its performance, as we found in our review.

	Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	Nvidia RTX 3070
Spider-Man Remastered	109	113	109
Hitman III	103	112	10
A Plague Tale: Requiem	56	54	58
Cyberpunk 2077	58	58	58
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110	116	110
Watch Dogs: Legion	66	73	69
Far Cry 6	93	101	94

However, the 6700 XT has an impressive price-to-performance ratio. It is also about $100 cheaper than its Nvidia counterparts, and despite its cheaper price tag, the card can easily outperform Team Green counterparts. Thus, if you intend on gaming at 1080p, the 6700 XT is the much better option today.