Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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
168
118
106
78
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
195
162
116
61
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
275
206
150
83
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
150
136
114
71
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
119
96
76
41
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
153
147
108
72
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
109
90
72
43
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
133
121
80
36
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
207
196
151
81
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High168109
1080p Ultra14188
1440p Ultra10864
4K Ultra6336
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy176629983
Solar Bay8593225927
Port Royal115952255
Fire Strike4242929332
Night Raid13228895126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur217.3 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection141.9 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.19 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection11 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.43 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.29 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching780.7 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22538.5 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark1052937
DirectX 11207 fps151 fps
DirectX 12100 fps65 fps
GPU Compute14559 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)950.5 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase809.5 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)705.4 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex3525.4 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 26005.6 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6034.63894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 1, 2020 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 699 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1440 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 8704 3584
TMUs 272 224
ROPs 96 88
Execution Units 68 28
Ray Tracing Cores 68 No
Tensor Cores 272 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 5000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 164 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 465 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 320 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 320 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 10 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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