GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 4060 AD106
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
AD106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
April 2024 (recently)
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1260 MHz
2460 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
22,900 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8960
3072
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
115 Watt
Texture fill rate
478.8
236.2
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1710 MHz
17 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
272.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3