Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB 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
145
97
86
60
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
170
140
99
54
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
245
186
133
76
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
127
117
91
53
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
97
79
63
33
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
122
111
80
53
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
88
75
58
30
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
102
94
58
25
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
160
148
108
58
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High140168
1080p Ultra116141
1440p Ultra86108
4K Ultra4963
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
13616
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1349317662
Solar Bay6223385932
Port Royal809611595
Fire Strike3442842429
Night Raid137126132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
127835
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur198.3 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection126.2 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.35 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.69 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.72 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching656.3 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19149.2 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
22732
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark10861052
DirectX 11204 fps207 fps
DirectX 1285 fps100 fps
GPU Compute12216 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
139 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.3 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase737.5 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)585.6 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex3204.4 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 24463.1 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.2 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4629.86034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 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 399 699

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 160 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 8 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
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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