NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 74% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 320 Watt
  • Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 1053
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6622.553 vs 6022.79
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 vs 1053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 vs 6022.79

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 8704 vs 3840
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 101650
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 19722
  • Around 92% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 2302
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 457.414 vs 311.253
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.221 vs 33.932
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 175.219 vs 169.697
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2381.93 vs 1500.926
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 465.1 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 8704 vs 3840
Maximum memory size 10 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 167014 vs 101650
PassMark - G3D Mark 25146 vs 19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4420 vs 2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 457.414 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.221 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 175.219 vs 169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2381.93 vs 1500.926

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101650
167014
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
1053
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19722
25146
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2302
4420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
2381.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6622.553
6022.79
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 167014
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 1053
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 25146
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 4420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 2381.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 6022.79
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA102
Launch date 2023 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 75 56
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 316.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS (1:1) 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS 29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 8704
Pixel fill rate 126.7 GPixel/s 164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s 465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 320 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches
Length 285 mm, 11.2 inches
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 10 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 320 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X