GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs RTX 3060 8 GB GA104

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated5
Place by popularitynot in top-10061
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data38.29
Power efficiencyno data19.05
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104AD103
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateOctober 2022 (2 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores358410240
Core clock speed1320 MHz2295 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate199.0816.0
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS52.22 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs112320
Tensor Cores112320
Ray Tracing Cores2880

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 x16
Length242 mm310 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1875 MHz1438 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.0 GB/s736.3 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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 320 Watt

RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 has 64.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104
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