nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $1199 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Memory Size	12 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	170 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2505 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	3584	9728
RT Cores	28	76
TMUs	112	304
ROPs	48	112
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1400 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	716.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	48.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	379 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	45900 Million
Required PSU	450 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-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	TSMC

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

30216 (+236%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

217712 (+138%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

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

320.9 FPS (+193%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

34519 (+105%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (509 benchmarks)

Alien Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

8.2 2025 • Action • Survios

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+163%)

AVG 179 FPS

MIN 161 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+173%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+210%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL f

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+164%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+174%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+200%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+156%)

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+174%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+179%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+182%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 126 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+197%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+210%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+148%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+163%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+188%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Titan Quest II

7.8 2025 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Grimlore Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+159%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+171%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+206%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

Tales of the Shire A The Lord of The Rings Game Background

Tales of the Shire A The Lord of The Rings Game

7.8 2025 • Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation • Wētā Workshop

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+80%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+144%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+205%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Killing Floor 3

7 2025 • Action • Tripwire Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+185%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+220%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+230%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 509 benchmarks across 143 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+177.1%

109

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080