GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking126not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

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 cores51203584
Core clock speed1556 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data170 Watt
Texture fill rateno data199.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.74 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 1 September 2021
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
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