GeForce RTX 4060 vs 3080 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 2 years and 5 months older RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB that utilizes 80 pipelines and 10240 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
- Performs significantly better (up to 2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (34.1 vs 15.1 TFLOPS)
- Shows 71% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 118 vs 69 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 3.4x higher memory bandwidth: 912 vs 272 GB/s
- Features 224 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 85% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (196K vs 106K)
- Has 3.3x more shading units (10240 vs 3072)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 128 78 66 47 |
186 125 117 90 |
| The Witcher 3 | 143 117 82 44 |
204 173 125 67 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 157 111 58 |
277 205 155 82 |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 98 76 45 |
153 142 123 75 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 26 |
131 108 84 46 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 98 90 64 43 |
169 158 121 82 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 61 45 27 |
114 96 82 51 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 75 43 22 |
146 128 86 40 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 128 119 85 46 |
235 220 165 89 |
| 1080p High | 116 | 179 |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | 151 |
| 1440p Ultra | 69 | 118 |
| 4K Ultra | 40 | 69 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10615 | 19633 |
| Solar Bay | 49340 | 96626 |
| Port Royal | 6054 | 13265 |
| Fire Strike | 28540 | 47869 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 20610 | 42724 |
| Night Raid | 121368 | 145258 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 186.9 img/sec | 239.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.7 img/sec | 156.8 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 10.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.16 Gpixels/sec | 14.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.94 Gpixels/sec | 11.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.34 Gpixels/sec | 1.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 446.2 Gpixels/sec | 889.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14935.1 FPS | 26054.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1036 | 1095 |
| DirectX 11 | 174 FPS | 221 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 76 FPS | 109 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9150 Ops/s | 14943 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-01 (cancel) | Cinebench 2024 | 15466 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7696 | 9747 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 13706 | 26654 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23289 | 21475 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31126 | 49813 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 78361 | 135370 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3315 | 2796 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3491 | 4757 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9386 | 12924 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36778 | 36756 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 148120 | 274032 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and 3080 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | January 3, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $1199 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD107 | GA102 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7700 XT | - Radeon RX 6900 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Intel Core i9 12900K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (54th and 23rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1830 MHz | 1365 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2460 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3072 | 10240 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | 320 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 24 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 24MB shared | 6MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 118 GPixel/s | 186 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 236 GTexel/s | 533 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 115 W | 350 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 159 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 18 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 113.21 MTr/mm² | 44.59 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | - | 1188 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 19000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 384-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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