Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
132
85
77
55
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
152
123
91
47
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
226
170
122
67
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
114
104
81
47
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
86
70
55
26
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
109
99
69
45
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
82
66
48
30
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
92
83
51
23
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
139
129
97
52
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High12686
1080p Ultra10369
1440p Ultra7750
4K Ultra4426
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy117087592
Solar Bay5434419668
Port Royal69691668
Fire Strike2956122755
Night Raid10936682119
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur185.1 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection108.4 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection7.17 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.54 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.15 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching478 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15183 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark988887
DirectX 11163 fps124 fps
DirectX 1279 fps54 fps
GPU Compute10075 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)733.4 fps492.8 fps
Car Chase614.3 fps442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)523.6 fps409.2 fps
T-Rex2676.1 fps2270.6 fps
ALU 23657.2 fps2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.8 fps275.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation36702884.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 2, 2020 May, 27, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA104 GP104
Price 399 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1410 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 4864 2560
TMUs 152 160
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 38 20
Ray Tracing Cores 38 No
Tensor Cores 152 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 133 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 253 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 200 W 180 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1251 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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