Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 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
188
127
118
90
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
207
175
126
67
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
280
212
152
82
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
155
145
126
75
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
131
107
84
45
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
172
161
124
80
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
116
101
82
51
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
145
131
89
43
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
218
170
91
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High182109
1080p Ultra15388
1440p Ultra11964
4K Ultra6936
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy199009983
Solar Bay9750425927
Port Royal136332255
Fire Strike4752029332
Night Raid13952795126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur320.8 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection207.2 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.1 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.4 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.48 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching984.2 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27764.9 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark1060937
DirectX 11220 fps151 fps
DirectX 12110 fps65 fps
GPU Compute15547 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)978.4 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase854.1 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)747.4 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex3732.1 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 26650.9 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2296 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6622.83894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 24, 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 1499 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1395 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1695 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 10496 3584
TMUs 328 224
ROPs 112 88
Execution Units 82 28
Ray Tracing Cores 82 No
Tensor Cores 328 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 190 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 556 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.6 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 1219 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 384 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 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 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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