GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GA106
GP102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2022
-
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1670 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
11,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
3200
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
250 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
334.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
11 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
240.0 GB/s
528.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
8.6
6.1
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3