GeForce RTX 3060 vs GTX 1080 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB with 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders against the 3 years and 11 months older GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Manufactured using a more efficient 8 nm process technology
- Ray-tracing support with 28 dedicated RT cores
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (91K vs 74K)
- Features 112 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
- Shows 8% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 65 vs 60 FPS
- Has 35% higher memory bandwidth: 484.4 vs 360 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 112 68 60 39 |
119 76 65 42 |
| The Witcher 3 | 122 100 74 39 |
134 110 81 42 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 181 137 99 48 |
199 146 106 51 |
| Far Cry 6 | 95 85 67 37 |
102 90 72 38 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65 57 40 18 |
75 59 46 23 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 80 74 53 31 |
91 79 56 39 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 62 50 37 20 |
69 54 42 25 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 68 64 38 16 |
77 70 42 18 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 109 98 70 36 |
118 109 78 40 |
| 1080p High | 99 | 109 |
| 1080p Ultra | 81 | 88 |
| 1440p Ultra | 60 | 65 |
| 4K Ultra | 32 | 35 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 8754 | 9981 |
| Solar Bay | 41158 | 26263 |
| Port Royal | 5145 | 2266 |
| Fire Strike | 22304 | 29329 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 17728 | 20170 |
| Night Raid | 97159 | 95847 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 149.6 img/sec | 200.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 91 img/sec | 88.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.07 Gpixels/sec | 3.55 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.58 Gpixels/sec | 5.57 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 5.79 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 372.9 Gpixels/sec | 265.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 12226.3 FPS | 6315.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 965 | 941 |
| DirectX 11 | 127 FPS | 151 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 68 FPS | 66 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8231 Ops/s | 9585 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 6645 | 3882 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 15338 | 7960 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 14283 | 14401 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 28862 | 13001 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 61313 | 72329 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2463 | 1910 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3793 | 3577 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7712 | 4757 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 25461 | 20303 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 123233 | 164740 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3060 and GTX 1080 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | March 10, 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $699 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Ampere | Pascal |
| GPU Codename | GA106 | GP102 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6700 XT | - Radeon RX 5700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above | - Intel Core i7 7700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (58th and 61st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1320 MHz | 1481 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 1582 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 112 | 224 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 88 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 28 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 112 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 28 | No |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 48KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | 2816KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 85 GPixel/s | 139 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 199 GTexel/s | 354 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 170 W | 250 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 471 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 12 billion | 11 billion |
| Transistor Density | 43.48 MTr/mm² | 23.35 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 11 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 1376 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 15000 Mbps | 11000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 352-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 6.1 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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