Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
202
173
123
67
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
272
215
154
85
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
152
144
126
77
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
132
106
85
47
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
166
158
123
80
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
116
99
81
51
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
146
130
89
42
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
236
220
169
92
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High179109
1080p Ultra15388
1440p Ultra11964
4K Ultra7036
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy196309983
Solar Bay9648925927
Port Royal132612255
Fire Strike4789229332
Night Raid14378895126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur239.8 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection156.8 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.8 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.8 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.9 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching889.6 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26054.6 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark1088937
DirectX 11223 fps151 fps
DirectX 12111 fps65 fps
GPU Compute15428 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase860.8 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.2 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex3834.2 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 26702 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.1 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6622.83894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 3, 2021 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA102 GP102
Price 1199 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 10240 3584
TMUs 320 224
ROPs 112 88
Execution Units 80 28
Ray Tracing Cores 80 No
Tensor Cores 320 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 533 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 350 W 250 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 384 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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