GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Ada Lovelace) and has 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 736 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM is based on the graphics chip AD103-300-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip AD103-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Ada Lovelace
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 76
3584 Shader 9728
48 Render Output Units 112
112 Texture Units 304
28 Raytracing Cores 76

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM is 22.4 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.400 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.400 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 22.4 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 736 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 2.205 GHz
1.837 GHz Boost Clock 2.610 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W.

170 W TDP 320 W
180 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) 38 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

282 mm Length 336 mm
117 mm Height 142 mm
41 mm Width 78 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 2364 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2022
469 $ Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
75 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
125 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
57 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
188 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
113 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
154 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
146 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
208 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6
134 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM
16 GB GDDR6X
208 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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