NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

2.4x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
2.5x more pipelines: 9728 vs 3840
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 1081
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 19722
2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6567 vs 2302
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 240557 vs 101650
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 311.253
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 72.795 vs 33.932
Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 169.697

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 3840
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236 vs 1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500 vs 19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567 vs 2302
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557 vs 101650
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641 vs 169.697

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 2205 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 2205 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1236

1081

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34500

19722

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6567

2302

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

240557

101650

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722.769

311.253

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.795

33.932

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

272.641

169.697

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236	1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500	19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567	2302
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557	101650
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769	311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795	33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641	169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6622.553

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD103	AD106
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	14	75
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS	20.28 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9728	3840
Pixel fill rate	280.6 GPixel/s	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	45900 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	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 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	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6