NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (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 - 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 434x more texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78982 vs 67670
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 330.903 vs 205.837
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3461.767 vs 2406.499
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 26.167 vs 19.591
  • 5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 143.293 vs 25.833
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 15019
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3716
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3357
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 15019
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3716
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3357
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 10 March 2017
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3840 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 78982 vs 67670
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 330.903 vs 205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3461.767 vs 2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167 vs 19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 143.293 vs 25.833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 vs 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 vs 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

  • Around 81% higher core clock speed: 1481 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1282 MHz
  • Around 83% higher maximum memory size: 11 GB vs 6 GB
  • 7.3x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18598 vs 13253
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 937 vs 589
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1002.573 vs 979.608
  • Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2231 vs 1821
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1481 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed 1582 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Maximum memory size 11 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 11008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18598 vs 13253
PassMark - G2D Mark 937 vs 589
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1002.573 vs 979.608
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2231 vs 1821

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13253
18598
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
937
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78982
67670
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
330.903
205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3461.767
2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.167
19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
143.293
25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
979.608
1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1821
2231
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 13253 18598
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 937
Geekbench - OpenCL 78982 67670
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 330.903 205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3461.767 2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167 19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 143.293 25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 979.608 1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1821 2231

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA106 GP102
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 10 March 2017
Place in performance rating 144 219
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $826.98
Value for money (0-100) 27.48

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1582 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 1481 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 3584
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s 354.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 11,800 million
Floating-point performance 11,340 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 91 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt

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 6 GB 11 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 484.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 352 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 11008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5X
Shared memory 0

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
HDMI 2.0b
PCIe 3.0
SLI
Virtual Reality