NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$1,320.00

$329.99

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

3072

Cores

272 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4060

$357.22 May 2023 View Details

$434.00

$357.22

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 4060

$299 • May 2023

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

8GB GDDR6 115W $357.22 May 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Memory Size	12 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
TDP	350 W	115 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2460 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	272 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	8960	3072
RT Cores	70	24
TMUs	280	96
ROPs	96	48
Memory Bus	384-bit	128-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	2125 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	118.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	272 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	30.64 GFLOPS	15.11 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	24.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	159 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	18900 Million
Required PSU	750 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
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

20091 (+88%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

10689

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382 (+63%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

106633

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

211.5 FPS (+79%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

118.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575 (+35%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

19736

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Game Benchmarks Comparison (39 benchmarks)

Borderlands 4

7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gearbox Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+117%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+147%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+217%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 6 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

Winner

Loser

Atlas Fallen

8.6 2023 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Deck13

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+57%)

AVG 201 FPS

MIN 186 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+69%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 131 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+62%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Winner

Loser

Unholy

8.1 2023 • Action, Indie • Duality Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+49%)

AVG 180 FPS

MIN 168 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+52%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+207%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jagged Alliance 3

7.5 2023 • Action, Strategy • Haemimont Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+75%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+84%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+77%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

METAL GEAR SOLID Δ SNAKE EATER Background

METAL GEAR SOLID Δ SNAKE EATER

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure • KONAMI

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+56%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+74%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+92%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mafia The Old Country

7.1 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hangar 13

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+48%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+71%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+138%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 4060

AVG 8 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 39 benchmarks across 11 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+83.2%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4060