Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
152
123
91
47
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
226
170
122
67
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
114
104
81
47
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
86
70
55
26
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
109
99
69
45
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
82
66
48
30
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
92
83
51
23
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
139
129
97
52
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High126109
1080p Ultra10388
1440p Ultra7764
4K Ultra4436
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy117089983
Solar Bay5434425927
Port Royal69692255
Fire Strike2956129332
Night Raid10936695126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur185.1 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection108.4 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection7.17 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.54 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.15 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching478 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15183 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark988937
DirectX 11163 fps151 fps
DirectX 1279 fps65 fps
GPU Compute10075 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)733.4 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase614.3 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)523.6 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex2676.1 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 23657.2 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.8 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation36703894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 2, 2020 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA104 GP102
Price 399 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1410 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 4864 3584
TMUs 152 224
ROPs 80 88
Execution Units 38 28
Ray Tracing Cores 38 No
Tensor Cores 152 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 133 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 253 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 200 W 250 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 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

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