Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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
228
165
158
124
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
241
218
152
83
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
310
225
168
86
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
181
161
148
92
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
109
62
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
215
169
114
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
152
122
110
71
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
201
178
120
56
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
205
107
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High219100
1080p Ultra18780
1440p Ultra14958
4K Ultra8832
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy283028748
Solar Bay13844640964
Port Royal183125142
Fire Strike6372522308
Night Raid17927698831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur279.5 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection220.1 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection11 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur16.2 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.08 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1370 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics37199.7 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1267961
DirectX 11303 fps128 fps
DirectX 12133 fps69 fps
GPU Compute19970 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1384.7 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase1210.8 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)998.7 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex5172 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 29885.2 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.1 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation9573.92965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 31, 2024 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD103 GA106
Price 999 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2550 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 10240 3584
TMUs 320 112
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 80 28
Ray Tracing Cores 80 28
Tensor Cores 320 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 320 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 45 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1438 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 23000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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 4080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
6 (54.55%)
5 (45.45%)
Total Votes: 11

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