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GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1080 comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1607 MHz, and the 8192 MB of GDDR5X memory is set to run at 1251 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 4864 Stream Processors, 152 TAUs, and 80 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1080 180 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 200 Watts
Difference: 20 Watts (11%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1080 should in theory perform a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080 327680 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Unknown) MB/sec
Difference: 327680 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a bit (about 20%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080 257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 214320 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 42800 (20%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be a bit (more or less 10%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1080, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1080 102848 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 9952 (10%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1080 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2016 December 2020
Code Name GP104-400 GA104 Ampere
Memory 8192 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 1607 MHz 1410 MHz
Memory Speed 10008 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 180 watts 200 watts
Bandwidth 327680 MB/sec (Unknown) MB/sec
Texel Rate 257120 Mtexels/sec 214320 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 102848 Mpixels/sec 112800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 2560 4864
Texture Mapping Units 160 152
Render Output Units 64 80
Bus Type GDDR5X GDDR6
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 16 nm 8 nm
Transistors 7200 million 17400 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 1080

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GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Comments

One Response to “GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti”
Grzegorz says:

Proszę o dodanie kart gtx 1660 i 1660 super. Dodana została tylko 1660 ti ale ona ma inne zegary co podane wyżej karty. Chciałbym zrobić konfigurację i porównanie zegarów

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