GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
GP102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
-
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
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 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
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
11 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
528.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
8.6
6.1
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3