NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2.9x more pipelines: 14080 vs 4864
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 8 GB

Launch date	2023 vs 1 Dec 2020
Core clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Pipelines	14080 vs 4864
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

239.7x more texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 1,056 GTexel/s
2x lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1325 MHz, 21.2 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s vs 1,056 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1325 MHz, 21.2 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark		20394
PassMark - G2D Mark		989
Geekbench - OpenCL		109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4756.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2671

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA104
Launch date	2023	1 Dec 2020
Place in performance rating	not rated	104
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	2100 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,056 GFLOPS (1:64)	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	67.58 TFLOPS (1:1)	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	67.58 TFLOPS	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14080	4864
Pixel fill rate	345.6 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,056 GTexel/s	253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	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	20 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	848.0 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1325 MHz, 21.2 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6