GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 vs RTX 3080

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking26not rated
Place by popularity93not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation46.23no data
Power efficiency14.20no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)April 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores87043072
Core clock speed1440 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz2460 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)320 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate465.1236.2
Floating-point processing power29.77 TFLOPS15.11 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs27296
Tensor Cores27296
Ray Tracing Cores6824

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length285 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount10 GB8 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz2125 MHz
Memory bandwidth760.3 GB/s272.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 320 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 3080 has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4060 AD106, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 178.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 4060 AD106. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106
GeForce RTX 4060 AD106

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.2 5909 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 3080 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.1 27 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.