NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
$399 – $449
The balanced mid-range AI GPU. 16GB GDDR6 with Ada Lovelace 4th-gen tensor cores at under $450 — handles 13B models comfortably and runs Stable Diffusion XL with room to spare.
Specifications
| VRAM | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s |
| CUDA Cores | 4,352 |
| Tensor Cores | 4th Gen |
| TDP | 160W |
Pros
- 16GB VRAM for 13B models and Stable Diffusion XL
- Full CUDA support — works with every AI tool
- Power-efficient 160W TDP
Cons
- Narrow 128-bit bus limits inference speed vs bandwidth-optimized cards
- 16GB ceiling limits 30B+ models
- RTX 5060 Ti is now comparable at lower price
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