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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)

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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) 10 GB GDDR6X · 1.71 GHz · 320 W Speed index 25/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) has 8704 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 29.77 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is 97 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Speed index
13/100
25/100
FP32
15.11 TFLOPS
29.77 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.46 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
10 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
272 GB/s
760 GB/s
TDP
115 W
320 W
Launch Price
299 $
699 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
GPU ChipAD107GA102-202-K1-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors2468
Shader30728704
Render Output Units4896
Texture Units96272
Raytracing Cores2468
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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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Memory Size8 GB10 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Clock2.125 GHz1.188 GHz
Memory Speed17.0 Gbps19.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth272 GB/s760 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit320 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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) has a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Base Clock1.830 GHz1.440 GHz
Boost Clock2.460 GHz1.710 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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is 1.710 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
TDP115 W320 W
TDP (up)--370 W
Tjunction max90 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 12-Pin2 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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Fan-Type--Axial
Fan 1--2 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--43 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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1a1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1Decode / EncodeDecode
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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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
Length--285 mm
Height--110 mm
Width (Slots)--2 Slots
Weight--1,350 g
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 RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR)
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2023Q3/2021
Launch Price299 $699 $
Structure size5 nm8 nm
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 was released in Q2/2023.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) published in Q3/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 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 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +76.9 %

  1. 4,956
  2. 8,769

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. 10,579
  2. no data

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. 2,372
  2. no data

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +90.7 %

  1. 6,038
  2. 11,517

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +83.0 %

  1. 2,539
  2. 4,647

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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +40.5 %

  1. 42 fps (avg)
  2. 59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +34.6 %

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. 70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +30.0 %

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. 104 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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +80.0 %

  1. 20 fps (avg)
  2. 36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +80.0 %

  1. 40 fps (avg)
  2. 72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +46.3 %

  1. 82 fps (avg)
  2. 120 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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +56.9 %

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. 102 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +56.3 %

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. 175 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +22.8 %

  1. 162 fps (avg)
  2. 199 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 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +64.3 %

  1. 101,863
  2. 167,346

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (LHR) +53.0 %

  1. 95,286
  2. 145,761

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