NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

31
Place in performance rating
13
19.29
Value for money (0-100)
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Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
GP102
Code name
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Desktop
Type
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28 February 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
1 December 2020 (1 year ago)
$699
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$780 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1129 (2.8x MSRP)
37.27
Value for money
27.73
GP102
GPU code name
Ampere GA104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
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1481 MHz
Core clock speed
1410 MHz
1582 MHz
Boost Clock
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11,800 million
Transistor count
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16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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354.4
Texture fill rate
253.1
11,340 gflops
Floating-point performance
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91 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
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3584
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4864
1600 MHz
Boost clock speed
1665 MHz
11,800 million
Number of transistors
17,400 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
242 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
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SLI options
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600 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5X
Memory type
GDDR6
11 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
352 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
11000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
484.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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+
Multi monitor support
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+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the additional functionality.

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

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
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4.5
OpenGL
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Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 248 213 207 153 118 71.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 253 204 137 119 88.6 51.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 179 131 67.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

7.07% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($780 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1129 (2.8x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 8 GB)

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

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti