GeForce RTX 3080 vs GTX 1080 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3080, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080 Ti
2017
11 GB GDDR5X, 250 Watt
48.17

RTX 3080 outperforms GTX 1080 Ti by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7026
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.8446.30
Power efficiency13.2114.02
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP102GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3080 has 122% better value for money than GTX 1080 Ti.

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 cores35848704
Core clock speed1481 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt320 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.4465.1
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS29.77 TFLOPS
ROPs8896
TMUs224272
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data68

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
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount11 GB10 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s760.3 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA+8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 Ti 48.17
RTX 3080 65.42
+35.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1080 Ti 18562
RTX 3080 25208
+35.8%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1080 Ti 37672
RTX 3080 53713
+42.6%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1080 Ti 27564
RTX 3080 39257
+42.4%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1080 Ti 142490
RTX 3080 188064
+32%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1080 Ti 67595
RTX 3080 167014
+147%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1080 Ti 394694
RTX 3080 529548
+34.2%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 1080 Ti 85263
RTX 3080 145176
+70.3%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 1080 Ti 55161
RTX 3080 202162
+266%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 1080 Ti 175
+5.6%
RTX 3080 165

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 1080 Ti 68
RTX 3080 69
+1.6%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 1080 Ti 10
RTX 3080 13
+31%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 1080 Ti 105
RTX 3080 121
+15.4%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 1080 Ti 60
RTX 3080 70
+16.3%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

GTX 1080 Ti 58
+32.8%
RTX 3080 44

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

GTX 1080 Ti 149
RTX 3080 190
+27.3%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

GTX 1080 Ti 148
RTX 3080 276
+86.7%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD132
−26.5%
167
+26.5%
1440p83
−53%
127
+53%
4K66
−28.8%
85
+28.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.304.19
1440p8.425.50
4K10.598.22

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−43.2%
120−130
+43.2%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100
−35%
130−140
+35%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
−33.7%
111
+33.7%
Battlefield 5 162
−29%
200−210
+29%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
−22.1%
110−120
+22.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−56.8%
138
+56.8%
Far Cry 5 122
+6.1%
110−120
−6.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
−35.9%
150−160
+35.9%
Forza Horizon 4 293
+25.8%
230−240
−25.8%
Hitman 3 100−110
−13.7%
116
+13.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
−26.7%
240−250
+26.7%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
−26%
131
+26%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 215
−26%
270−280
+26%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
−78.4%
248
+78.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 145
+7.4%
130−140
−7.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
−15.7%
96
+15.7%
Battlefield 5 147
−42.2%
200−210
+42.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
−22.1%
110−120
+22.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−52.3%
134
+52.3%
Far Cry 5 96
−19.8%
110−120
+19.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 59
−169%
150−160
+169%
Forza Horizon 4 284
+21.9%
230−240
−21.9%
Hitman 3 100−110
−15.7%
118
+15.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
−26.7%
240−250
+26.7%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
−15.4%
120−130
+15.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 196
−66.3%
326
+66.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
−40.4%
130−140
+40.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
−71.2%
238
+71.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 71
−90.1%
130−140
+90.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
−6%
88
+6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 81
−43.2%
110−120
+43.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−48.9%
131
+48.9%
Far Cry 5 73
−57.5%
110−120
+57.5%
Forza Horizon 4 120
−94.2%
230−240
+94.2%
Hitman 3 100−110
−7.8%
110
+7.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 153
−19%
182
+19%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
−71.9%
287
+71.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
−52%
149
+52%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+37.6%
101
−37.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 121
−8.3%
131
+8.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 108
−39.8%
150−160
+39.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
−19.8%
100−110
+19.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 62
−22.6%
75−80
+22.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−35.7%
76
+35.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 62
−24.2%
75−80
+24.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−105%
86
+105%
Far Cry 5 55
−40%
75−80
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 265
−2.3%
270−280
+2.3%
Hitman 3 65−70
−72.3%
112
+72.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
−28%
151
+28%
Metro Exodus 88
−21.6%
107
+21.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
−78%
219
+78%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
−54.7%
110−120
+54.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 210−220
−15.4%
247
+15.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 98
−32.7%
130
+32.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 56
−41.1%
75−80
+41.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 69
+6.2%
65−70
−6.2%
Hitman 3 40−45
−42.5%
57
+42.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
−10.3%
220−230
+10.3%
Metro Exodus 60
−137%
142
+137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
−59.7%
115
+59.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
−32.5%
50−55
+32.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−57.6%
52
+57.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 37
−29.7%
45−50
+29.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−126%
43
+126%
Far Cry 5 31
−48.4%
45−50
+48.4%
Forza Horizon 4 75
−44%
100−110
+44%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 72
−87.5%
135
+87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−108%
54
+108%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 49
−93.9%
95
+93.9%

This is how GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 3080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 is 27% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 is 53% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 is 29% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1080 Ti is 38% faster.
  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3080 is 169% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Ti is ahead in 6 tests (8%)
  • RTX 3080 is ahead in 64 tests (89%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 48.17 65.42
Recency 10 March 2017 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 320 Watt

GTX 1080 Ti has a 10% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 28% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080, on the other hand, has a 35.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in performance tests.


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