nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory3072
Cores272 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
VS
GeForce RTX 4060
$299 • May 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8GB GDDR6 115W $299 May 2023
Advertisement
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 10 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 320 W | 115 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2460 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s | 272 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 8704 | 3072 |
| RT Cores | 68 | 24 |
| TMUs | 272 | 96 |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 320-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 2125 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 118.1 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 760.3 GTexel/s | 272 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 29.77 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 | 700 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
19022 (+78%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
10689
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
161903 (+52%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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
118.3 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
25153 (+27%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
19736
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Game Benchmarks Comparison (51 benchmarks)
Dying Light The Beast
8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 (+61%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 (+73%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 (+91%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Borderlands 4
7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Gearbox Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 (+88%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+107%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+83%)
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 6 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
8.5 2023 • Action FromSoftware, Inc.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+0%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 (+0%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+50%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+62%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
Atlas Fallen
8.6 2023 • Action, Adventure, RPG Deck13
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+51%)
AVG 193 FPS
MIN 179 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+60%)
AVG 134 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+49%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Winner
Loser
Fort Solis
7.3 2023 • Adventure Fallen Leaf, Black Drakkar Games
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 (+34%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 (+50%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 (+62%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
1080p
| high
| dlss 3 quality
GeForce RTX 3080 (+25%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| high
| dlss 3 quality
GeForce RTX 3080 (+28%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| high
| dlss 3 quality
GeForce RTX 3080 (+44%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Unholy
8.1 2023 • Action, Indie Duality Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+48%)
AVG 179 FPS
MIN 161 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+44%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+187%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!
Based on 51 benchmarks across 14 games
77
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
VS
+66.1%
46
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
50
Wins
77
Avg FPS
68
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
0
Wins
46
Avg FPS
41
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
Comments & Discussion
Share your thoughts and experiences
Loading comments...