NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

General info

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

40
Place in performance rating
51
1.1
Value for money (0-100)
48.34
Ampere
Architecture
Pascal
GA106
Code name
GP104
Laptop
Type
Desktop
04 January 2021
Release date
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$599
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Price now
$765 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money
28.74
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

3840
Pipelines
2560
817 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1282 MHz
Boost Clock
1733 MHz
13,250 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
100 W
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
153.8 GTexel/s
Texture fill rate
277.3
9.846 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
CUDA cores
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
Number of transistors
7,200 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
180 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
SLI options
+
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
Width
2-slot
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 RTX 3060 Laptop and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

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

Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
G-SYNC support
+
Multi monitor support
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

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

VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
+
3D Vision
+
GPU Boost
3.0
CUDA
+
Multi-Projection
+
Ansel
+
Virtual Reality
+
ShadowWorks
+

API support

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

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
Shader Model
6.4
OpenCL
1.2
DirectX 12.2
DirectX 11.2
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Gaming performance

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


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 60 30.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
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 RTX 3060 Laptop

More pipelines (3840 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (100 W vs 180 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 288.0 GB/s)

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

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

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

User rating

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