Naturally, we should be skeptical about any rumored specs – and we should bear in mind that this is still early development for the RTX 4060 Ti, as far as we’re aware, so even if true, the specifications floated here could still be changed by Nvidia down the line.
The CUDA Core count itself has drawn some groans, but we can’t judge the power of a card purely off that spec. Yes, it actually has fewer cores than the RTX 3060 Ti (which has 4,864) according to this spillage, but there are generational architectural improvements to take into account, and all the other GPU specs too.
What’s more of a sticking point for many is the use of 8GB of VRAM, and that rather meagre looking theoretical memory bandwidth, which could be an unfortunate combination – though the much-increased L2 cache, 32MB, could be a helpful boost compared to the 3060 Ti which had 4MB. Furthermore, we should add extra salt here, as the bandwidth calculation is based on a previous rumored spec, which makes things shakier.
At any rate, gamers out there were already unhappy with the 3060 Ti using 8GB, let alone a more powerful 4060 Ti. But whatever the case, broad expectations are for a graphics card that’s the equal of the RTX 3070 Ti – and a lot will then depend on the pricing. Which given Nvidia’s current form, doesn’t make us optimistic.