NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

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 RTX 3060 Laptop  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.

40
Place in performance rating
51
1.1
Value for money (0-100)
48.34
Ampere
Architecture
Pascal
GA106
Code name
GP104
Laptop
Type
Desktop
04 January 2021
Release date
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$599
no data
Price now
$765 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money
28.74
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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.

3840
Pipelines
2560
817 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1282 MHz
Boost Clock
1733 MHz
13,250 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
100 W
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
153.8 GTexel/s
Texture fill rate
277.3
9.846 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
CUDA cores
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
Number of transistors
7,200 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
180 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
SLI options
+
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
Width
2-slot
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 RTX 3060 Laptop vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 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 RTX 3060 Laptop vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.

Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
G-SYNC support
+
Multi monitor support
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

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

VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
+
3D Vision
+
GPU Boost
3.0
CUDA
+
Multi-Projection
+
Ansel
+
Virtual Reality
+
ShadowWorks
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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. 

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
Shader Model
6.4
OpenCL
1.2
DirectX 12.2
DirectX 11.2
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Gaming performance

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


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 60 30.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
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 RTX 3060 Laptop

More pipelines (3840 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (100 W vs 180 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 288.0 GB/s)

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

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

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

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User rating

4.7 Out of 16 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 360 Hitesti Score