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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB 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
145
97
86
60
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
170
140
99
54
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
245
186
133
76
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
127
117
91
53
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
97
79
63
33
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
122
111
80
53
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
88
75
58
30
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
102
94
58
25
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
160
148
108
58
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High140179
1080p Ultra116153
1440p Ultra86119
4K Ultra4970
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
13616
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy1349319630
Solar Bay6223396489
Port Royal809613261
Fire Strike3442847892
Night Raid137126143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
127835
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur198.3 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection126.2 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.35 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.69 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.72 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching656.3 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19149.2 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
22732
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark10861088
DirectX 11204 fps223 fps
DirectX 1285 fps111 fps
GPU Compute12216 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
139 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.3 fps1039 fps
Car Chase737.5 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)585.6 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex3204.4 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 24463.1 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.2 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4629.86622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 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 399 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 160 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 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
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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