GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs RTX 3060 Ti

VS

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3060 Ti
2020
8 GB GDDR6, 200 Watt
53.11

RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking485
Place by popularity2368
Cost-effectiveness evaluation70.0238.13
Power efficiency18.4719.27
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104AD103
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 December 2020 (3 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 Ti has 84% better value for money than RTX 4080 SUPER.

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 cores486410240
Core clock speed1410 MHz2295 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate253.1816.0
Floating-point processing power16.2 TFLOPS52.22 TFLOPS
ROPs80112
TMUs152320
Tensor Cores152320
Ray Tracing Cores3880

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 width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1438 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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, 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 Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3060 Ti 53.11
RTX 4080 SUPER 88.69
+67%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3060 Ti 20495
RTX 4080 SUPER 34224
+67%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3060 Ti 37941
RTX 4080 SUPER 87055
+129%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3060 Ti 78597
RTX 4080 SUPER 141652
+80.2%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3060 Ti 28145
RTX 4080 SUPER 59075
+110%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Ti 153968
RTX 4080 SUPER 187847
+22%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Ti 615311
RTX 4080 SUPER 870270
+41.4%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 3060 Ti 196
RTX 4080 SUPER 318
+62%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 3060 Ti 70
RTX 4080 SUPER 124
+76.9%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 3060 Ti 10
RTX 4080 SUPER 25
+154%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 3060 Ti 110
RTX 4080 SUPER 237
+115%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 3060 Ti 57
RTX 4080 SUPER 121
+112%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 3060 Ti 147
RTX 4080 SUPER 316
+115%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 3060 Ti 13
RTX 4080 SUPER 61
+351%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 3060 Ti 129
RTX 4080 SUPER 490
+280%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD145
−81.4%
263
+81.4%
1440p81
−130%
186
+130%
4K50
−136%
118
+136%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 83
−56.6%
130−140
+56.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 121
−94.2%
235
+94.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95
−196%
281
+196%
Battlefield 5 160−170
−44.4%
240−250
+44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
−16.5%
120−130
+16.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 81
−60.5%
130−140
+60.5%
Far Cry 5 100−110
−12.4%
110−120
+12.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
−55.8%
200−210
+55.8%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
−21.1%
260−270
+21.1%
Hitman 3 110−120
−15.2%
120−130
+15.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
−51.5%
300−350
+51.5%
Metro Exodus 140−150
−4%
150−160
+4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
−12.7%
120−130
+12.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 200−210
−90%
350−400
+90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
−6.9%
150−160
+6.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 196
−74.5%
342
+74.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 81
−193%
237
+193%
Battlefield 5 160−170
−44.4%
240−250
+44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
−16.5%
120−130
+16.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
−66.7%
130−140
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 100−110
−12.4%
110−120
+12.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
−55.8%
200−210
+55.8%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
−21.1%
260−270
+21.1%
Hitman 3 110−120
−15.2%
120−130
+15.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
−51.5%
300−350
+51.5%
Metro Exodus 140−150
−4%
150−160
+4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
−12.7%
120−130
+12.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 192
−196%
568
+196%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
−84.5%
200−210
+84.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
−6.9%
150−160
+6.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75
−111%
158
+111%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
−182%
209
+182%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
−16.5%
120−130
+16.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 77
−55.8%
120−130
+55.8%
Far Cry 5 100−110
−12.4%
110−120
+12.4%
Forza Horizon 4 173
−86.1%
322
+86.1%
Hitman 3 110−120
−15.2%
120−130
+15.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140
−204%
425
+204%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 174
−203%
527
+203%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 92
−186%
263
+186%
Watch Dogs: Legion 77
−88.3%
145
+88.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
−12.7%
120−130
+12.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
−50.9%
160−170
+50.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−36.6%
110−120
+36.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65
−108%
135
+108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
−175%
165
+175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
−30.2%
80−85
+30.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 52
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−35.5%
80−85
+35.5%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
−2.3%
270−280
+2.3%
Hitman 3 70−75
−74.3%
120−130
+74.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 114
−203%
345
+203%
Metro Exodus 93
−83.9%
171
+83.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 139
−186%
397
+186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
−154%
221
+154%
Watch Dogs: Legion 247
+2.9%
240−250
−2.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
−41.8%
120−130
+41.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
−51.7%
85−90
+51.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−40.8%
65−70
+40.8%
Hitman 3 57
−45.6%
80−85
+45.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
+149%
85
−149%
Metro Exodus 75−80
−89.3%
140−150
+89.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 77
−165%
204
+165%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45
−113%
96
+113%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40
−148%
99
+148%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−40.5%
50−55
+40.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 25
−60%
40−45
+60%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−47.1%
50−55
+47.1%
Forza Horizon 4 103
−196%
305
+196%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 84
−139%
201
+139%
Watch Dogs: Legion 33
−145%
81
+145%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−118%
110−120
+118%

This is how RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 4080 SUPER compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 81% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 130% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 136% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 Ti is 149% faster.
  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4080 SUPER is 204% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Ti is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is ahead in 64 tests (97%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 53.11 88.69
Recency 1 December 2020 8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 320 Watt

RTX 3060 Ti has 60% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 67% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in performance tests.


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 3060 Ti
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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.


4.3 15054 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 3060 Ti on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.1 1639 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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.