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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.46 GHz · 115 W Speed index 13/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 3072 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.46 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 15.11 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11 GB GDDR5X · 1.58 GHz · 250 W Speed index 9/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.58 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.34 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 33 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Speed index
13/100
9/100
FP32
15.11 TFLOPS
11.34 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.46 GHz
1.58 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
11 GB GDDR5X
Memory bandwidth
272 GB/s
484 GB/s
TDP
115 W
250 W
Launch Price
299 $
699 $
309 pts
294 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU ChipAD107GP102-350-K1-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors2428
Shader30723584
Render Output Units4888
Texture Units96224
Raytracing Cores24--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ada Lovelace architecture, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Memory Size8 GB11 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5X
Memory Clock2.125 GHz1.376 GHz
Memory Speed17.0 Gbps11.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth272 GB/s484 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit352 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.125 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition has a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.376GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Base Clock1.830 GHz1.480 GHz
Boost Clock2.460 GHz1.582 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has a turbo clock of 2.460 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition is 1.582 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
TDP115 W250 W
Tjunction max90 °C91 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 12-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 1 x 12-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Fan-Type--Radial
Fan 1--1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1a1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1Decode / EncodeNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Length--267 mm
Height--111 mm
Width (Slots)--2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2023Q1/2017
Launch Price299 $699 $
Structure size5 nm16 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 was released in Q2/2023.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition published in Q1/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +10.9 %

  1. 4,956
  2. 4,469

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. 10,579
  2. no data

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. 2,372
  2. no data

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 6,038
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 2,539
  2. no data

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. 48,867
  2. no data

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)

  1. 42 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 20 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 40 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 82 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +16.1 %

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. 56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +7.7 %

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. 104 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +11.0 %

  1. 162 fps (avg)
  2. 146 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +64.7 %

  1. 101,863
  2. 61,847

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +13.1 %

  1. 95,286
  2. 84,246

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