GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

Place in performance rating
31
Value for money (0-100)
19.29
Ampere
Architecture
Pascal
GA104
Code name
GP102
PC
Type
Desktop
2020
Release date
28 February 2017 (4 years ago)
1955 $
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
2100 $
Price now
$780 (1.1x MSRP)
Value for money
37.27
GPU code name
GP102
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

Pipelines
3584
1500 MHz
Core clock speed
1481 MHz
1815 MHz
Boost Clock
1582 MHz
17,400 million
Transistor count
11,800 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
220 W
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
334.0 GTexel/s
Texture fill rate
354.4
21.37 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance
11,340 gflops
93°
Maximum GPU temperature
91 °C
5888
Compute units
no data
20370 GFLOPS
Gigaflops
no data
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
Number of transistors
11,800 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
286 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options
+
650 W
Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
PCI-E 4.0 x 16
Bus support
no data
115 mm
Width
no data
51 mm
Height
no data
220 W
Minimum recommended system power
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5X
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
256 bit
Memory bus width
352 Bit
1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective
Memory clock speed
11000 MHz
448.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
484.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
+
DisplayPort 1.4a *2
Display Port
no data
Multi monitor support
+
HDMI 2.1 *2
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the additional functionality.

3D Vision
+
GPU Boost
3.0
CUDA
+
Ansel
+
Virtual Reality
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2
Vulkan
+
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
OpenCL
1.2
12 Ultimate
DirectX 11.2
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 248 213 207 153 118 71.9
Gears Tactics (2020) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 253 204 137 119 88.6 51.9
Doom Eternal (2020) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 179 131 67.6
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (220 W vs 250 Watt)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Cheaper ($780 (1.1x MSRP) vs 2100 $)

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (484.4 GB/s vs 448.0 GB/s)

So, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti .

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti