NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1733 MHz
717.6x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 180 Watt

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 20 April 2017
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1733 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1320 MHz
5.9x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577
PassMark - G2D Mark	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA106	GP104
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	20 April 2017
Place in performance rating	82	not rated
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	3584	2560
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	7,200 million
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	352.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	11008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5X