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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
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32 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High154109
1080p Ultra12988
1440p Ultra9864
4K Ultra5736
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy159579983
Solar Bay7441725927
Port Royal101462255
Fire Strike4238529332
Night Raid14118595126
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur243.1 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark1200937
DirectX 11217 fps151 fps
DirectX 1286 fps65 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a583.6 fps
Car Chasen/a533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a507.1 fps
T-Rexn/a2784.7 fps
ALU 2n/a7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a273.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3894.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB206-300 GP102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 4608 3584
TMUs 144 224
ROPs 48 88
Execution Units 36 28
Ray Tracing Cores 36 No
Tensor Cores 144 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 180 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 128 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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