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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
172
142
100
54
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
239
194
133
77
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
129
118
95
56
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
95
81
62
31
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
122
110
82
53
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
88
73
55
33
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
104
93
56
29
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
157
149
110
60
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High139179
1080p Ultra117153
1440p Ultra86119
4K Ultra5070
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
13577
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy1346919630
Solar Bay6216096489
Port Royal811213261
Fire Strike3429547892
Night Raid137720143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
135837
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur232.6 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection138.4 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.68 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.06 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.99 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.6 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching652.6 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19534.7 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
22761
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark10671088
DirectX 11201 fps223 fps
DirectX 1290 fps111 fps
GPU Compute12216 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
119.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)725.1 fps1039 fps
Car Chase609.6 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)484.8 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex2723.3 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 23299.3 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.9 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3381.96622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 18, 2023 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD106 GA102
Price 499 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2535 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 4352 10240
TMUs 136 320
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 34 80
Ray Tracing Cores 34 80
Tensor Cores 136 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 345 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 22.1 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 165 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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