NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4352
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
$499 • May 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
16GB GDDR6 165W $449.99 May 2023
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 350 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2535 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 912.4 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | N/A |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 8960 | 4352 |
| RT Cores | 70 | 4834 |
| TMUs | 280 | 136 |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 121.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 912.4 GTexel/s | 344.8 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 30.64 GFLOPS | 22.06 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.00 MB | 0.03 MB |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 188 mm² |
| Transistors | 28300 Million | 22900 Million |
| Required PSU | 750 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 16-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 (+48%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
13564
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
173382 (+28%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
135837
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
211.5 FPS (+77%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
119.7 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
26575 (+17%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
22732
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (222 benchmarks)
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+19%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+28%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+39%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+31%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+35%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+50%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+28%)
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+28%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+41%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+16%)
AVG 185 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 160 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+18%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 113 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+55%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Of Ash and Steel
8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Fire & Frost
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+37%)
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+58%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Winner
Loser
Where Winds Meet
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play Everstone Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+27%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+33%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!
Based on 222 benchmarks across 65 games
69
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
+35.6%
51
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
218
Wins
69
Avg FPS
56
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR6
1
Wins
51
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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