Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
146
94
84
60
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
172
142
100
54
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
239
194
133
77
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
129
118
95
56
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
95
81
62
31
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
122
110
82
53
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
88
73
55
33
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
104
93
56
29
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
157
149
110
60
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High139168
1080p Ultra117141
1440p Ultra86108
4K Ultra5063
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
13577
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1346917662
Solar Bay6216085932
Port Royal811211595
Fire Strike3429542429
Night Raid137720132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
135837
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur232.6 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection138.4 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.68 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.06 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.99 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.6 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching652.6 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19534.7 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
22761
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark10671052
DirectX 11201 fps207 fps
DirectX 1290 fps100 fps
GPU Compute12216 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
119.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)725.1 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase609.6 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)484.8 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex2723.3 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 23299.3 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.9 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3381.96034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 18, 2023 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD106 GA102
Price 499 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2535 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 4352 8704
TMUs 136 272
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 34 68
Ray Tracing Cores 34 68
Tensor Cores 136 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 345 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 22.1 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 165 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 188 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 22 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 117.02 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 128 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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