NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
451.9x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 180 Watt
175x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 887

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 27 May 2016
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1733 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 887

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15578 vs 12873
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 55548 vs 49885

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 2304
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15578 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	55548 vs 49885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

887

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

15578

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49885

55548

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	887
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	15578
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885	55548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1560

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA107	GP104
Launch date	2022	27 May 2016
Place in performance rating	88	281
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$439.99
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2560
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	180 Watt
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Transistor count		7,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	2-slot
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready