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I heard before the release of RTX 4060 that the RTX 4060 desktop will use a chip size similar to that of the RTX 4060 Laptop. But when I really got the Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC, I never expected that such an ultra-low-power dessert card would also use heat dissipation systems and power supply materials comparable to high-end cards. This makes the author more curious about its running points and game performance.

CTOnews.com also received the Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC in advance. In this test, we will use a set of high-configuration intel configuration to avoid causing bottlenecks. The specific configuration is as follows:

Design Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC is a three-slot thickness three-fan graphics card, full weight, its design inherits the apocalypse series has always been the design style, with silver and black as the main color, angular and technological sense.

There is a circular ARGB light belt around the middle fan, which can change color synchronously with the side ZOTAC Logo, which is very cool.

The backplane design of the Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC graphics card is unique, with not only a sturdy alloy metal material, but also two small fan slots. With another purchase of 3D Storm small fan, you can form a rare "five-fan graphics card", through the three-dimensional air duct to enhance the overall heat dissipation effect of the graphics card.

At the same time, a small 3D Storm fan can also light up the wings on the back panel, creating a sci-fi atmosphere. This precisely reflects a two-dimensional image played by the Thai master recently-Tianqiji. The wing elements on the back of the apocalypse series graphics cards are derived from Tianqiji's Juntian armor.

The heat dissipation system of Suotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC graphics card is very strong, with 5 ice veins 2.0 composite heat pipes in direct contact with high-density nickel-plated fins and pure copper bottom to transfer heat quickly to keep the core running at low temperature. in addition, the storage area is also equipped with a high thermal conductivity pad, which can not only improve the heat dissipation efficiency of video memory and power supply, but also prolong the service life.

It is worth mentioning that the interface of Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC has also changed, from PCIe 4.0: 16 to PCIe 4.0: 8, which will not have any impact on players using the new motherboard. But if your motherboard only supports PCIe3.0, then it runs in PCIe3.0*8 in practice, and the bandwidth will be affected to a certain extent, but it has little impact on the actual number of game frames.

The side interface is 3 DP1.4a + 1 HDMI2.1 of the standard RTX 40 series graphics card, which can support displays with a resolution of up to 8K.

Core Analysis the core of Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC is based on the AD107 core. The overall architecture is similar to the RTX 4060 Ti we tested before, with three sets of GPC, but the core of GPC has been reduced from 6 TPC to 4 TPC. There are 3072 CUDA cores, 96 Tensor cores, 24 third-generation RT cores, and 35 ROP units internally, which are exactly the same as RTX 4060 Laptop, except that the L2 cache becomes 24MB.

The BOOST frequency of the Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC is 2610MHz, and the default frequency is 1830MHz. The video memory is the 8GB GDDR6 Hynix memory with 128-bit bit width, which is consistent with the mobile end.

As for why 128-bit 's flash memory was chosen, NVIDIA officially explained that the storage subsystem of the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture has greatly increased the L2 cache and greatly improved the cache hit ratio. Video memory bit width has always been used as an important indicator to determine the speed and performance level of the new GPU. However, the explicit memory bit width can not fully indicate the performance of the storage subsystem.

As shown in the figure above, the L2 cache bandwidth of the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture has increased significantly. This makes it possible to transfer more data between the processing core and the L2 cache. In various games and comprehensive benchmarks, 32 MB level 2 cache reduces video memory bus traffic by an average of more than 50% compared to the performance of 2 MB level 2 cache. This 50% reduction in traffic enables GPU to use its video memory bandwidth more efficiently, with a nearly two-fold increase in efficiency. Therefore, in this case, the performance of the isolated video memory performance of Ada GPU with 288 GB / s peak video memory bandwidth is similar to that of Ampere GPU with 554 GB / s peak video memory bandwidth. In a series of games and comprehensive tests, the greatly improved cache hit rate increased the game frame rate by up to 34%. Therefore, it is helpful to have a more comprehensive understanding of the storage subsystem design and its overall impact on the game performance, and the specific performance depends on the actual measurement of the number of game frames.

Theoretical performance NVIDIA revealed before the release of RTX 4060, its power consumption will be very low, but Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC still uses a three-fan five-heat pipe heat dissipation module to suppress. So this makes the author more curious about its temperature performance. Then we're going to test the grill. After 15 minutes, the core temperature is only about 62.1℃ and the hot spot temperature is about 72.2℃. The power consumption of the whole card is only 130W, which is very cool. And this power consumption is still higher than the official preset 115W power consumption, I believe the performance will be better.

Next, there is a 3DMark pressure test, which can detect whether the performance of the graphics card has declined under continuous running minutes. Generally, more than 97% can be regarded as a qualified graphics card. The measured score of Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC is 99%, and the performance release is extremely stable.

In the 3DMark TimeSpy DX12 test, the graphics card score reached 11558. As a comparison, the score of RTX 3060 was 8103 and that of RTX 3060Ti GDDR6 was 12277. It can be seen that the performance of RTX 4060 is very close to that of RTX 3060Ti GDDR6, which is about 30% higher than that of RTX 3060.

In the 3DMark FireStrike DX11 test, the score of Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC card reached 30178. As a comparison, the score of RTX 3060 was 20147 and that of RTX 3060Ti GDDR6 was 30204. In the DX11 project, the advantage of RTX 4060 is more obvious, which is 1/3 higher than that of RTX 3060 and basically consistent with RTX 3060Ti.

In the 3DMark Portal Royal light pursuit test, Suotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC scored 6396, as a comparison, the score of RTX 3060 was 5046 and that of RTX 3060Ti GDDR6 was 7158. This light pursuit performance is really not better than RTX 3060Ti, which should be caused by the difference in core scale.

Of course, since Suotai apocalypse series uses so many materials, overclocking must be necessary. The author will pull the core frequency 200MHz, video memory frequency pull 1000MHz, and then run points to see.

After overclocking, the TimeSpy score of Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC reached 12368, which has achieved the reverse overclocking of RTX 3060Ti. It seems that NVIDIA said that RTX 4060 has great overclocking potential.

From the above theoretical performance tests, the improvement of RTX 4060 compared with RTX 3060 is very large, basically reaching more than 25%, which is equivalent to the performance of 95% RTX 3060Ti GDDR6 version. Its power consumption is much lower than that of RTX 3060 and RTX 3060Ti, and it can be on a par with RTX 3060Ti GDDR6 after overclocking.

The actual test of the game is officially defined as a 1080p dessert card. For the next game test, we will use the 1080p resolution to test. The image quality is uniformly adjusted to the highest. If you have a light chase, you will open the most high-end light chase, and if you have a DLSS, you can turn it on to the quality file. Games that support DLSS 3 will be switched on and tested again. First of all, the competitive game "CS:GO", after running its own BenchMark, the average frame reaches 517 frames, which can meet the needs of high-frame play, and can run all kinds of electronic competition screens.

In another shooting game, PUBG, which requires a high number of frames, the 1080p ultra-high-quality RTX 4060 can reach an average of 190frames, fully capable of running all kinds of electronic competition screens.

Next let's take a look at two classic 3A masterpieces. "Wild Dart 2: redemption" achieves an average of 97 frames with quality DLSS turned on.

In another classic 3A masterpiece, Tomb Raider: shadow, running its own BenchMark at the highest quality of 1080p has reached an average of 189frames, which means it's okay to play at 2K frames.

In the light pursuit masterpiece "Control", when the maximum light pursuit is turned on, it can even reach 114 frames, which can also meet the requirements of 1080p high frames or more than 2K60 frames.

If you only talk about the above games, in fact, RTX 4060 will be slightly worse than RTX 3060Ti. What really widens the gap between RTX 4060 and RTX 3060Ti is its DLSS 3 technology, which can use the fourth-generation Tensor Core and optical flow accelerators on AI and GeForce RTX 40 series GPU to generate more high-quality frames, thus greatly increasing the number of frames. DLSS 3 is the latest version of NVIDIA deep learning oversampling technology and a revolutionary breakthrough in neural graphics technology, which can improve performance by up to 4x while maintaining picture quality and reaction speed.

To put it simply, the past DLSS 2 technology improved image quality and frame rate by rendering a low-resolution image and then zooming in to a high resolution through AI. On the basis of compatibility with DLSS 2, the new DLSS 3 technology adds a frame generation function, which can insert a new frame calculated by AI between two real frames, so as to double the frame rate. At the same time, combined with the super-resolution function of DLSS 2, AI can reconstruct up to 7/8 display pixels, and the game performance can be up to four times better than without DLSS!

Let's first take a look at the frame number of the most stressful "cyber punk 2077" at + 1080p resolution. By default, RTX 4060 still has no way to play, with an average of about 36 frames. If DLSS 2 quality is turned on, the average number of frames can reach 66 frames. And if you turn on cool techs DLSS 3, which is exclusive to the RTX 40 series, it will soar to an average of 103 frames, and 2K60 frames will be fine. Compared with RTX 3060Ti, the number of frames without AI subscription will be lower by two or three frames, and if DLSS 3 technology with AI subscription is enabled, it can lead by more than 50%.

Legendary 3A masterpiece "Wizards 3: hunting" has also recently updated the next generation version, the configuration requirements have been greatly improved, and it also provides the support of DLSS 3 technology. I wonder if it can replicate the great advantages of the above in this project?

In the next-generation version of "Wizard 3: hunter", the average apocalypse OC of Sotai RTX 4060 is only 37 frames when the 1080p resolution is not enabled. If you turn on the quality file DLSS 2, you can achieve an average of 52 frames of smooth play. If you turn on the AI-enhanced DLSS 3 technology, the number of frames will soar to an average of about 82 frames. For comparison, the frame number of RTX 3060 Ti will be about 10% higher than that of RTX 4060, but it is still much worse than RTX 4060 after AI enhancement.

In another next-generation 3A masterpiece, the Legend of the Plague: Requiem, the optimization is relatively much better. Even if you do not turn on any AI technology, you can play smoothly at 1080p 60 frames, and you can play with the number of e-sports frames after DLSS 3 is added.

It is measured that when DLSS technology is not turned on, it is only 48 frames, which can barely be played. If you open the DLSS 2 quality file, you can achieve an average of 65 frames, and if you turn on DLSS 3 inserting frames, the number of frames will soar to an average of 101frames, achieving high frame number for fun. For comparison, RTX 3060Ti's performance is similar to the above. Without a 10% lead in DLSS 3, DLSS 3 is no match for RTX 4060 at all.

Creative production author believes that RTX 4060 is also very suitable to handle some creative production work, because of its low power consumption and low fan noise, it can play its unique value in the studio mainframe. Thanks to the strong heat dissipation of the apocalypse series and the unique Cuda core acceleration of the NVIDIA graphics card, Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC can also undertake some creative production work, which supports the installation of NVIDIA Studio drivers to accelerate more than 110 of the most popular creative applications.

We first measured the performance of V-Ray Benchmark. Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC scored 1288, which can meet some medium-scale modeling and rendering requirements.

Thanks to the improvement of light pursuit performance, the score of Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC in V-Ray GPU RTX has also increased to 1924 points, which is not a big gap compared with RTX 4060Ti.

We also tested the performance of Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC in Blender. The measured results are as follows. We can see that the Cuda core has a very good acceleration effect on this kind of modeling work.

In the latter part of the video, CTOnews.com tests PugetBench For Pr to see if it can do the job of video editing. It is measured that when GPU Cuda acceleration is enabled in Sotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC, the final score is 1315. As long as it is matched with a strong CPU, 4K video can be edited smoothly.

In addition to video content production, RTX 4060 also supports RTX VSR technology in video content consumption. You can improve the resolution of online 1080p video to 4K at most through GPU's AI calculation. At present, this technology has been adapted to Chrome browser and Edge browser, as well as local player VLC. In terms of platform, RTX VSR has supported domestic mainstream video platforms (bilibili, Douyu and Huya), as well as some foreign video platforms (Youtube, Twitch, Netflix, Hulu and Disney+).

The use of RTX video super resolution is very simple, as long as the driver of the RTX 30 series / 40 series is updated to the latest version, and the Chrome / Edge browser is updated to the latest version. Enable the path as follows: NVIDIA Control Panel-Video-adjust video image settings. There are four gears available under this option box. The higher the gear, the more obvious the super-resolution effect, but it will also consume more GPU resources.

To sum up, RTX 4060 is actually a low-power + AI-supported version of RTX 3060Ti in the author's eyes. Its power consumption is as low as 130W, and some models even only 115W, which is even lower than the RTX 4060 Laptop on laptops, which means that the pressure on power and cooling is much lower, and it will be more economical to use for a long time. In terms of performance, the gap between its theoretical performance and RTX 3060Ti is about 5%, but considering the future functions of DLSS 3 and absolutely mine-free security, RTX 4060 will be a better choice.

At present, Suotai RTX 4060 apocalypse OC has been put on the major e-commerce platforms, if you are interested, you can go and buy it.

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