NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti  vs  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

31
Place in performance rating
13
19.29
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
GP102
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
28 February 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
1 December 2020 (1 year ago)
$699
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$780 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1129 (2.8x MSRP)
37.27
Value for money
27.73
GP102
GPU code name
Ampere GA104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti  vs  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

3584
Pipelines
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1481 MHz
Core clock speed
1410 MHz
1582 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
11,800 million
Transistor count
no data
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
354.4
Texture fill rate
253.1
11,340 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
91 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
3584
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4864
1600 MHz
Boost clock speed
1665 MHz
11,800 million
Number of transistors
17,400 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
242 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
+
SLI options
no data
600 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

GDDR5X
Memory type
GDDR6
11 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
352 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
11000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
484.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
no data
+
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
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3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
no data
4.5
OpenGL
no data
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Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

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


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 248 213 207 153 118 71.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 253 204 137 119 88.6 51.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 179 131 67.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

7.07% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($780 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1129 (2.8x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (484.4 GB/s vs 448.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

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

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

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

Overall benchmark performance

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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User rating

4.2 Out of 508 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 1415 Hitesti Score