NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 3060 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
554.6x more texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 180 Watt

Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 20 April 2017
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Around 97% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
7.3x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
PassMark - G3D Mark	13253
PassMark - G2D Mark	589
Geekbench - OpenCL	78982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	330.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3461.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	26.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	143.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	979.608
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1821

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA106	GP104
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	20 April 2017
Place in performance rating	144	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1282 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	817 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	2560
Pixel fill rate	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	153.8 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	7,200 million
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	352.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	11008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5X
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready