GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4080 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3060 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 4080, however, it's a better value for money, as it's £1135.62 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

Up to 82% cheaper – £249.99 vs £1385.61
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 47% less energy – 170 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 4080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 33% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4080 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Average FPS

50%

Min 1% FPS

44%

Price, £

£249.99

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.52/FPS

100%

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card, 3584 Core, 1320 MHz GPU, 1837 MHz Boost, Ampere Architechture, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fans with 0-dB Tech

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 WINDFORCE OC 12G (rev. 2.0) Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD Rev2.0 Video Card

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192-bit, 3x DP (v1.4), HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card, 3584 Core, 1320 MHz GPU, 1777 MHz Boost, Ampere Architecture, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fans with 0-dB Tech

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

Average FPS

197

100%

Min 1% FPS

126

100%

Price, £

£1385.61

18%

Value, £/FPS

£7.03/FPS

36%

Zotac Carte Graphique Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Amp Extreme Airo 16Go

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 24GB GDRR6X 384-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 3 Ada Lovelace Architecture Graphics Card (RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X)

OPSYS Magna-X6 RGB Gaming PC Computer (AMD Ryzen 9-7900X, Geforce RTX 4080 Graphics Card, 2TB NVMe SSD, 2TB HDD, 32GB RAM, Bluetooth, Windows 11)

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4080 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

31%

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

28173

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4080 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Memory

12 GB

75%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

50%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

30%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

26%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

26%

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

716.8 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

280.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

761.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

48.74 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3060	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 4080
General
Jan 12th, 2021	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2022
$329.00	MSRP	$1,199.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 40
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
170 W	Power Consumption	320 W
Memory
12 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6X
192-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
360 GB/s	Bandwidth	716.8 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
85.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	280.6 GPixel/s
199 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	761.5 GTexel/s
12.74 TFLOPS	FP32	48.74 TFLOPS