GeForce RTX 3080 vs 3060 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
GA102
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB with 68 pipelines and 8704 shaders against the 4 months newer RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB that utilizes 38 pipelines and 4864 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 3080
- Performs significantly better (up to 59%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 84% higher maximum theoretical performance (29.8 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Shows 40% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 108 vs 77 FPS
- Includes 2 GB more video memory
- Features 120 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 70% higher memory bandwidth: 760.3 vs 448 GB/s
- Achieves 40% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (161K vs 115K)
- Has 79% more shading units (8704 vs 4864)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 170 114 104 80 |
132 88 75 54 |
| The Witcher 3 | 189 165 116 63 |
152 128 92 47 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 274 206 149 82 |
226 169 121 64 |
| Far Cry 6 | 145 138 114 72 |
114 103 83 47 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 119 98 78 43 |
86 73 55 29 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 152 145 110 73 |
107 99 72 47 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 109 89 74 44 |
82 69 48 28 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 117 79 36 |
92 81 48 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 210 195 151 82 |
139 132 95 53 |
| 1080p High | 167 | 126 |
| 1080p Ultra | 141 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra | 108 | 77 |
| 4K Ultra | 64 | 43 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 17664 | 11707 |
| Solar Bay | 85898 | 54429 |
| Port Royal | 11597 | 6971 |
| Fire Strike | 42472 | 29571 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 37900 | 24417 |
| Night Raid | 133004 | 109862 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 217.3 img/sec | 185.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 141.9 img/sec | 108.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 8.19 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 11 Gpixels/sec | 7.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 8.43 Gpixels/sec | 5.54 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.29 Gpixels/sec | 1.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 780.7 Gpixels/sec | 478 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22538.5 FPS | 15183 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1062 | 989 |
| DirectX 11 | 207 FPS | 164 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 99 FPS | 78 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14058 Ops/s | 9865 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Henry) | Cinebench 2024 | 50695 |
GeForce RTX 3060 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) | 9439 | 7384 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25471 | 19320 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 19892 | 16108 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 46956 | 34615 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 104704 | 74811 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2712 | 2638 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4828 | 4136 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12153 | 8718 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36822 | 25946 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 246005 | 153275 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3080 and 3060 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | September 1, 2020 | December 2, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $399 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GA102 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6800 XT | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5080 | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (29th and 48th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1440 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Shading Units | 8704 | 4864 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 272 | 152 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 68 | 38 |
| Tensor Cores | 272 | 152 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 68 | 38 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 5MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 164 GPixel/s | 133 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 465 GTexel/s | 253 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 320 W | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 28 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 44.59 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 10 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 320-bit | 256-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 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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