NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
• GPU Chip
  AD107 (Ada Lovelace) GA102-200-K1-A1
• Shader
  3072 8704
• Render Output Units
  32 96
• Texture Units
  96 272

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 10 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Speed
  17 Gbps 1.188 GHz
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 320 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.830 GHz 1.440 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.460 GHz 1.710 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  115 W 320 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 370 W
• Tjunction max
  90 °C 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 12-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition.

• Fan-Type
  -- Axial
• Fan 1
  -- 2 x 85 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 42.5 dB

Connectivity and connections.

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

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  -- 285 mm
• Height
  -- 110 mm
• Width
  -- --
• Width (Slots)
  -- 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1350 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2023 Q3/2020
• Structure size
  4 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet --