NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is decisively faster than the GTX TITAN Z in every benchmark recorded, and the magnitude of that victory is enormous. The RTX 4060 Mobile more than triples the TITAN Z’s scores in both OpenCL and Vulkan workloads, making the older flagship a non-competitive option for modern compute and graphics tasks. While the GTX TITAN Z holds a higher percentile rank among all GPUs (69th vs. 67th), the actual benchmark data shows a clear generational chasm, with the mobile chip delivering roughly 3.5x the performance of the desktop behemoth from 2014.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The RTX 4060 Mobile wins both head-to-head tests by a landslide. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4060 Mobile scores 89,420 versus the TITAN Z’s 25,465, a delta of -71.5% from the perspective of the older card. That means the RTX 4060 Mobile is approximately 3.5 times faster in raw compute throughput. The Vulkan test tells a similar story: the RTX 4060 Mobile achieves 89,569 points while the TITAN Z manages only 22,006, a -75.4% difference. This indicates that the RTX 4060 Mobile’s advantage stretches beyond pure compute into modern API efficiency, likely benefiting from its Ada Lovelace architecture’s dedicated ray tracing and tensor cores.

The TITAN Z’s average benchmark score of 23,736 places it within striking distance of its nearest rivals, but those rivals are all contemporary or near-contemporary parts. The data shows the TITAN Z is just 0.5% ahead of the RTX 3080 Mobile and 0.9% ahead of the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile, while trailing the AMD RX 9070 by 0.6% and the RX 6800S by 1.4%. In contrast, the RTX 4060 Mobile’s average score of 22,729 puts it in a similar performance band, sitting 0.7% behind the RTX 2080 and 1.3% behind the Intel Arc B580, while leading the RX 7700 XT by 0.8% and the RTX 5060 Mobile by 1.3%. Neither card dominates its immediate peers, but the gap between the two compared parts is the dominant story.

The TITAN Z’s best score comes from its 25,465 OpenCL result, which exceeds its Vulkan score of 22,006 by roughly 16%. The RTX 4060 Mobile, however, shows remarkable consistency, with its Vulkan score of 89,569 nearly matching its OpenCL result of 89,420, a difference of less than 0.2%. This consistency suggests the RTX 4060 Mobile is better optimized across different compute APIs, whereas the TITAN Z’s Kepler architecture shows a measurable preference for OpenCL over Vulkan. The practical takeaway is stark: for any workload that can use Vulkan or OpenCL, the RTX 4060 Mobile offers a multi-generational leap in raw throughput.

The Verdict

The data leaves no room for ambiguity: the RTX 4060 Mobile is the superior GPU for essentially every measurable workload. With a 71.5% lead in OpenCL and a 75.4% lead in Vulkan, the RTX 4060 Mobile delivers performance that the TITAN Z cannot approach, despite the TITAN Z’s higher average score relative to its own peer group. The TITAN Z’s 69th percentile vs. all GPUs is misleading in this direct comparison, as that ranking is based on its average score of 23,736, which is actually higher than the RTX 4060 Mobile’s average of 22,729. However, that average is skewed by the TITAN Z’s lack of additional benchmark entries; the RTX 4060 Mobile’s two head-to-head results are both far above its average, while the TITAN Z’s are close to it.

For any user choosing between these two, the RTX 4060 Mobile is the only rational pick based on performance data. It offers more than triple the compute performance in both tested APIs, a newer architecture with dedicated RT and tensor cores, and a far more efficient power envelope. The TITAN Z’s only statistical advantages are its higher percentile rank (69 vs. 67) and its average score relative to its own nearest rivals, but those are artifacts of its limited benchmark pool. The RTX 4060 Mobile wins 2 out of 2 head-to-head tests, and those wins are by margins that render the TITAN Z obsolete for any modern compute task.

The RTX 4060 Mobile’s nearest rival data shows it is competitive with desktop-class parts like the RTX 2080 and RX 7700 XT, which further underscores its strength. The TITAN Z, meanwhile, is only comparable to mobile parts like the RTX 3080 Mobile, which are themselves several generations old. The verdict is straightforward: the RTX 4060 Mobile is the clear winner, and the TITAN Z should only be considered by those with a specific need for its unique 6 GB GDDR5 configuration, which is unlikely given the RTX 4060 Mobile’s superior 8 GB GDDR6 memory.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from radically different eras of NVIDIA’s design philosophy. The GTX TITAN Z is built on the Kepler architecture (chip GK110B) using a 28 nm process at TSMC, packing 7,080 million transistors into a 561 mm² die. This yields a transistor density of 12.6M per mm², which is extremely low by modern standards. The RTX 4060 Mobile, in contrast, uses the Ada Lovelace architecture (chip AD107) on a 5 nm process, also from TSMC, with 18,900 million transistors in a much smaller 159 mm² die. That gives it a transistor density of 118.9M per mm², roughly 9.4 times denser than the Kepler part.

The RTX 4060 Mobile’s architecture brings features that the TITAN Z entirely lacks: 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores. These dedicated units enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-based workloads, which explains part of the RTX 4060 Mobile’s massive lead in Vulkan and OpenCL. The TITAN Z has no such hardware, relying purely on its 2,880 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The RTX 4060 Mobile has more shading units (3,072) but fewer TMUs (96) and the same number of ROPs (48). The RTX 4060 Mobile also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the TITAN Z is limited to DirectX 12 (11_1) and Vulkan 1.2.175.

The memory subsystems are also architecturally distinct. The TITAN Z uses a 384-bit bus with 6 GB of GDDR5, achieving 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 4060 Mobile uses a 128-bit bus with 8 GB of GDDR6, yielding 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Despite the TITAN Z’s wider bus, its older memory technology and lower effective clock speed (7 Gbps vs. 16 Gbps) result in lower bandwidth. The RTX 4060 Mobile’s smaller bus is compensated by its faster memory, yet it still trails in raw bandwidth, which is a notable architectural difference that does not hurt its overall performance in the benchmarks.

Specification Differences

The two parts differ in nearly every measurable specification. The RTX 4060 Mobile has a base clock of 1545 MHz and a boost clock of 1890 MHz, versus the TITAN Z’s 705 MHz base and 876 MHz boost. This clock advantage is massive, with the RTX 4060 Mobile running more than twice as fast at both ends. The memory clock is also higher on the RTX 4060 Mobile at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) versus the TITAN Z’s 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective).

The RTX 4060 Mobile’s FP32 performance is 11.61 TFLOPS, more than double the TITAN Z’s 5.046 TFLOPS. The RTX 4060 Mobile also has FP16 performance of 11.61 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), while the TITAN Z has no listed FP16 capability. The pixel rate favors the RTX 4060 Mobile at 90.72 GPixel/s versus 52.56 GPixel/s, but the texture rate favors the TITAN Z at 210.2 GTexel/s versus the RTX 4060 Mobile’s 181.4 GTexel/s. The TITAN Z draws 375 W with a suggested 750 W PSU and requires a triple-slot cooler with 2x 8-pin connectors, while the RTX 4060 Mobile is an IGP with a 115 W TDP and no power connectors.

The RTX 4060 Mobile uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, while the TITAN Z uses PCIe 3.0 x16. The TITAN Z offers 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, and 1x DisplayPort 1.2 outputs, while the RTX 4060 Mobile’s display outputs are portable-device dependent. The TITAN Z is end-of-life with a launch MSRP of 2,999 USD, while the RTX 4060 Mobile is active with no launch MSRP listed. The TITAN Z measures 267 mm in length, 111 mm in height, and 62 mm in width, while the RTX 4060 Mobile has no listed dimensions. Both support OpenGL 4.6, and the RTX 4060 Mobile supports Vulkan 1.4 versus the TITAN Z’s 1.2.175.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 compute performance?

A: The RTX 4060 Mobile has 11.61 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is more than double the TITAN Z’s 5.046 TFLOPS.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference between the two?

A: The TITAN Z has a higher memory bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s due to its 384-bit bus, while the RTX 4060 Mobile has 256.0 GB/s on a 128-bit bus.

Q: Does the RTX 4060 Mobile support ray tracing?

A: Yes, the RTX 4060 Mobile has 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores, which the TITAN Z lacks entirely.

Q: Which GPU has a larger die size and why?

A: The TITAN Z has a 561 mm² die on a 28 nm process, while the RTX 4060 Mobile has a much smaller 159 mm² die on a 5 nm process, despite having more transistors.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The TITAN Z has a 375 W TDP and requires a 750 W suggested PSU, while the RTX 4060 Mobile has a 115 W TDP and requires no power connectors.

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The TITAN Z has a higher average benchmark score of 23,736 versus the RTX 4060 Mobile’s 22,729, but the RTX 4060 Mobile wins all head-to-head tests by large margins.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4060 Mobile wins in every category that matters for modern use. Its 71.5% lead in OpenCL and 75.4% lead in Vulkan make it the obvious choice for compute-heavy tasks like machine learning inference, video rendering, and scientific simulations that leverage these APIs. The RTX 4060 Mobile’s 11.61 TFLOPS FP32 and 1:1 FP16 performance, combined with its tensor cores, give it a massive advantage in AI workloads. Its 90.72 GPixel/s pixel rate also makes it faster for high-resolution rendering tasks.

The TITAN Z’s only wins are narrow and contextual. It has a higher texture rate of 210.2 GTexel/s versus the RTX 4060 Mobile’s 181.4 GTexel/s, which could theoretically benefit texture-bound workloads, though no benchmark data confirms this. It also has higher memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s vs. 256.0 GB/s) and a wider 384-bit bus, which might help in memory-intensive scenarios, but again, the benchmark results show the RTX 4060 Mobile winning decisively in real-world API tests. The TITAN Z’s higher average score (23,736 vs. 22,729) and higher percentile rank (69th vs. 67th) are its only statistical advantages, but these are misleading because the RTX 4060 Mobile’s head-to-head scores are far above its average, while the TITAN Z’s are not.

For gaming, the RTX 4060 Mobile is clearly better, given its DirectX 12 Ultimate support, Vulkan 1.4, and ray tracing hardware. The TITAN Z, with its DirectX 12 (11_1) and lack of RT cores, is limited to older APIs and cannot handle modern ray-traced titles. For portable systems, the RTX 4060 Mobile is the only viable option, as it is an IGP with a 115 W TDP, while the TITAN Z is a triple-slot, 375 W desktop card. The RTX 4060 Mobile is the winner for essentially any use case, with the TITAN Z only holding marginal advantages in texture rate and memory bandwidth that do not translate into benchmark victories.