GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs GTX 1080 11Gbps

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated19
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data22.67
Power efficiencyno data14.00
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)31 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores256010240
Core clock speed1607 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3532.8
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs160320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm285 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s912.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 350 Watt

GTX 1080 11Gbps has 94.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Ti, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
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