GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB vs RTX 3090 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.29no data
Power efficiency11.74no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGA102GP102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 January 2022 (2 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

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 cores107523200
Core clock speed1560 MHz1557 MHz
Boost clock speed1860 MHz1670 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)450 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate625.0334.0
Floating-point processing power40 TFLOPS10.69 TFLOPS
ROPs11280
TMUs336200
Tensor Cores336no data
Ray Tracing Cores84no data

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 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length336 mm267 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR6XGDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,008 GB/s528.4 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.66.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 450 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 3090 Ti has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has 80% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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