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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

44 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  4. Benchmarks
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  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 2080
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
125
80
68
50
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High118116
1080p Ultra9795
1440p Ultra7270
4K Ultra4139
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy1108310620
Solar Bay5000249040
Port Royal64586050
Fire Strike2767028559
Night Raid100441121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur191.8 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark9081080
DirectX 11157 fps174 fps
DirectX 1272 fps77 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fps709 fps
Car Chase525.3 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex2729 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 23179.7 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3279.33372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2018 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU104 AD107
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1515 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 2944 3072
TMUs 184 96
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 46 24
Ray Tracing Cores 46 24
Tensor Cores 368 96
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 215 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

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