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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
VS
43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 4060
vs
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
127
81
70
49
132
86
75
52
The Witcher 3
142
114
82
46
155
126
91
49
Counter-Strike 2
204
154
114
57
226
167
124
66
Far Cry 6
107
96
75
42
114
104
86
46
Hogwarts Legacy
80
66
50
26
89
71
56
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
96
89
64
41
109
99
69
44
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
45
25
81
68
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
83
74
44
22
92
84
51
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
130
119
87
43
140
134
95
54
Avg FPS
1080p High116126
1080p Ultra95104
1440p Ultra7077
4K Ultra3944
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
Time Spy1062012006
Solar Bay4904050424
Port Royal60507203
Fire Strike2855929079
Night Raid12186781866
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
Background Blur186.9 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection112.7 frames/s123.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.92 Gpix/sec5.78 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.16 Gpix/sec8.03 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.94 Gpix/sec6.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.34 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching446.2 Gpix/sec543.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14935.1 fps17774.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
G2D Mark1080638
DirectX 11174 fps146 fps
DirectX 1277 fps73 fps
GPU Compute9311 Ops/s7335 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
139.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)709 fps710.4 fps
Car Chase615.4 fps610.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.1 fps516.4 fps
T-Rex2635.8 fps2609 fps
ALU 23284 fps3715.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2280.8 fps253.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3372.63938
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
Image Classification (SP)7696n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)13706n/a
Horizon Detection23289n/a
Face Detection (HP)31126n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)78361n/a
Text Classification (SP)3315n/a
Machine Translation (HP)3491n/a
Object Detection (SP)9386n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)36778n/a
Style Transfer (SP)148120n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 18, 2023 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD107 GA104 (GN20-E7)

GPU

GPU Frequency 1830 MHz 780-1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2460 MHz 1245-1710 MHz
Shader Units 3072 6144
TMUs 96 192
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 24 48
Ray Tracing Cores 24 48
Tensor Cores 96 192
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 24000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 Gpix/sec 120-164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTex/s 239-328 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 115 W 80-165 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 159 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 113.21 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8-16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
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

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