NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 7424 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24971 vs 16857
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4179 vs 1997

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 1 Sep 2021
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971 vs 16857
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4179 vs 1997

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 961 vs 931

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	961 vs 931

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

931

961

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24971

16857

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4179

1997

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
PassMark - G2D Mark	931	961
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971	16857
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4179	1997
Geekbench - OpenCL	159976

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Launch date	2023	1 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating	49	74
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	3584
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6