RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs GeForce 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 rated17
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.78
Power efficiencyno data17.34
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP104AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)3 December 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $6,799

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 cores256018176
Core clock speed1607 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz2505 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate277.31,423
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS91.06 TFLOPS
ROPs64192
TMUs160568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Coresno data142

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s960.0 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 DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 3 December 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 300 Watt

GTX 1080 11Gbps has 66.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and RTX 6000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop card while RTX 6000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
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