nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size	12 GB	10 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	170 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	8nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Shading Units	3584	8704
RT Cores	28	68
TMUs	112	272
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	29.77 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	450 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

19022 (+112%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

161903 (+77%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

211.5 FPS (+93%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

25153 (+49%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (605 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+115%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL f

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 3080 (+83%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 3080 (+88%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 3080 (+97%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 3080 (+110%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Borderlands 4

7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gearbox Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 (+55%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 (+63%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 (+22%)

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+48%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+50%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+83%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+55%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+71%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+186%)

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+119%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+119%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+114%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!

Based on 608 benchmarks across 149 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+86.4%

100

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080