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GeForce RTX 4060 vs GTX 1080

GeForce RTX 4060
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
GP104

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 7 years and 1 month older GTX 1080 that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR5X
41.6
(Average)
Value Index
20.7
(Mediocre)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1080 over RTX 4060
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060
  • Performs significantly better (up to 47%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • 70% higher maximum theoretical performance (15.1 vs 8.9 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 41% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 69 vs 49 FPS
  • Ray-tracing support with 24 dedicated RT cores
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
  • Achieves 67% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (106K vs 63K)
  • Features 96 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 4060
vs
GTX 1080

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
128
78
66
47
103
60
50
33
The Witcher 3
143
117
82
44
106
84
60
31
Counter-Strike 2
208
157
111
58
160
114
85
38
Far Cry 6
105
98
76
45
85
75
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
78
65
47
26
58
48
32
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
98
90
64
43
71
62
43
27
Ghost of Tsushima
73
61
45
27
55
42
31
18
Cyberpunk 2077
82
75
43
22
56
53
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
128
119
85
46
95
83
57
30
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 116 88
1080p Ultra 96 69
1440p Ultra 69 49
4K Ultra 40 26
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 4060 +47%
10683
GTX 1080
7282
Time Spy 10615 7592
Solar Bay 49340 19994
Port Royal 6054 1676
Fire Strike 28540 22750
Wild Life Extreme 20610 15147
Night Raid 121368 82345
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 4060 +67%
106633
GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur 186.9 img/sec 152.4 img/sec
Face Detection 112.7 img/sec 71.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.92 Gpixels/sec 2.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.16 Gpixels/sec 4.15 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.94 Gpixels/sec 5.03 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.34 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 446.2 Gpixels/sec 238.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 14935.1 FPS 6716.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 4060 +172%
10606
GTX 1080
3895

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 4060 +25%
19489
GTX 1080
15609
G2D Mark 1036 889
DirectX 11 174 FPS 125 FPS
DirectX 12 76 FPS 55 FPS
GPU Compute 9156 Ops/s 7627 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 27959 & 42364 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 4060 +417%
3134.66
GTX 1080
606.47
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2064 & 1005 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)GeekBench105636
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 202410606
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GeForce GTX 1080
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 4060 +91%
17857
GTX 1080
9341
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 4060 +221%
29214
GTX 1080
9110
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 4060 +108%
14234
GTX 1080
6830
Image Classification (SP) 7696 2591
Image Segmentation (HP) 13706 5497
Image Super Resolution (Q) 23289 11914
Face Detection (HP) 31126 9841
Pose Estimation (Q) 78361 53922
Text Classification (SP) 3315 1732
Machine Translation (HP) 3491 2662
Object Detection (SP) 9386 3255
Depth Estimation (Q) 36778 16431
Style Transfer (SP) 148120 112226
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and GTX 1080

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released May 18, 2023 May 27, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Pascal
GPU Codename AD107 GP104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7700 XT - Radeon RX 5600 XT
Successor - GeForce RTX 5060 - GeForce RTX 5080
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 14600K or above - Intel Core i7 7700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (53rd and 71st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1830 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost Clock 2460 MHz 1733 MHz
Shading Units 3072 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 96 160
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 24 20
Tensor Cores 96 No
Ray-tracing Cores 24 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 24MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 GPixel/s 111 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTexel/s 277 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 4060 +70%
15.1 TFLOPS
GTX 1080
8.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 115 W 180 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 16 nm
Die Size 159 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor Count 18 billion 7 billion
Transistor Density 113.21 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock - 1251 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 10000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 4060
272 GB/s
GTX 1080 +18%
320.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.9 6.1
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 3 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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43 (57.3%)
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Total votes: 75

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