GTX 1080 vs RTX 3060 specs

Q: Is GTX 1080 better than RTX?

The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 in PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS is 8% more, than GeForce RTX 2060. The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 7% more, than GeForce RTX 2060. The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 4% more, than GeForce RTX 2060.

Q: What is an RTX 3060 equivalent to?

NVIDIAs RTX 3060 offers similar raw performance as the AMD RX 6600, plus it has better ray-tracing capabilities backed up by DLSS. However, despite similar list prices, the RTX 3060 is now being sold for considerably more than the RX 6600 due to stock shortages.

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Builds Using GeForce GTX 1080 or GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
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Does the 1080 outperform the 3060?
Which is better GTX or RTX 3060?
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What is an RTX 3060 equivalent to?

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1080 is 1691 days older than GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Performs up to 10% better in Minecraft than GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile - 949 vs 865 FPS
Up to 33% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile - 8 vs 6 GB

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Consumes up to 56% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 - 80 vs 180 Watts

Minecraft

TOP 5 Games

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	vs	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
May 27th, 2016	Release Date	Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce 10	Generation	GeForce 30 Mobile
$599	MSRP	Not Available
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Outputs	None
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	None
Desktop	Segment	Mobile
8 GB	Memory	6 GB
GDDR5X	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	192-bit
320.3 GB/s	Bandwidth	336 GB/s
1607 MHz	Base Clock Speed	900 MHz
1733 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1425 MHz
1251 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz

Builds Using GeForce GTX 1080 or GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Minecraft, 1080p, High

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Core i7-11800H

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Core i7-11800H

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Core i7-11800H

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Ryzen 5 5600H

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Core i7-11375H

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Core i9-11900

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Ryzen 7 5800H

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Ryzen 7 5800H

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Ryzen 7 5800H

16 GB, N/A Storage

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Core i7-11800H

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

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GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1080

Summary

GeForce RTX 3060
123%
GeForce GTX 1080
100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060

23% higher gaming performance.

Supports PhysX

Supports G-Sync

Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute

Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080

Supports PhysX

Supports G-Sync

Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3060

The GeForce RTX 3060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (47 combinations of games and resolutions).

Core Configuration

	GeForce RTX 3060		GeForce GTX 1080
GPU Name	GA106 (GA106-300-A1)	vs	GP104 (GP104-400-A1)
Fab Process	8 nm	vs	16 nm
Die Size	300 mmÂ²	vs	314 mmÂ²
Transistors	13,250 million	vs	7,200 million
Shaders	3840	vs	2560
Compute Units	30	vs	20
Core clock	1627 MHz	vs	1607 MHz
ROPs	64	vs	64
TMUs	120	vs	160

Memory Configuration

	GeForce RTX 3060		GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Type	GDDR6	vs	GDDR5X
Bus Width	192 bit	vs	256 bit
Memory Speed	1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective	vs	1251 MHz 10008 MHz effective
Memory Size	12288 Mb	vs	8192 Mb

Additional details

	GeForce RTX 3060		GeForce GTX 1080
TDP	180 watts	vs	180 watts
Release Date	UNRELEASED	vs	27 May 2016

GeForce RTX 3060
118.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1080
102.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

GeForce RTX 3060
222.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1080
257.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

GeForce RTX 3060
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1080

320.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

GeForce RTX 3060
14220.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1080
8228.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
68
GeForce GTX 1080
53

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
128
GeForce GTX 1080
108

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
142
GeForce GTX 1080
125

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
131
GeForce GTX 1080
129

FPS (higher is better)

Windows 10 x64, Ultra quality, DirectX12

GeForce RTX 3060
62
GeForce GTX 1080
42

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
92
GeForce GTX 1080
70

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
108
GeForce GTX 1080
110

FPS (higher is better)

GeForce RTX 3060
158
GeForce GTX 1080
125

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
70
GeForce GTX 1080
58

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
46
GeForce GTX 1080
41

FPS (higher is better)

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
71
GeForce GTX 1080
50

FPS (higher is better)

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
152
GeForce GTX 1080
128

FPS (higher is better)

Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
121
GeForce GTX 1080
91

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
153
GeForce GTX 1080
127

FPS (higher is better)

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

GeForce RTX 3060
128
GeForce GTX 1080
105

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
64
GeForce GTX 1080
54

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
54
GeForce GTX 1080
42

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
97
GeForce GTX 1080
84

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
107
GeForce GTX 1080
95

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
101
GeForce GTX 1080
96

FPS (higher is better)

Windows 10 x64, Ultra quality, DirectX12

GeForce RTX 3060
39
GeForce GTX 1080
28

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
69
GeForce GTX 1080

52

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
85
GeForce GTX 1080
84

FPS (higher is better)

GeForce RTX 3060
105
GeForce GTX 1080
80

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
55
GeForce GTX 1080
45

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
37
GeForce GTX 1080
30

FPS (higher is better)

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
56
GeForce GTX 1080
39

FPS (higher is better)

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
100
GeForce GTX 1080
83

FPS (higher is better)

Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
82
GeForce GTX 1080
62

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
114
GeForce GTX 1080
91

FPS (higher is better)

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

GeForce RTX 3060
90
GeForce GTX 1080
82

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
48
GeForce GTX 1080
40

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
34
GeForce GTX 1080
25

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
57
GeForce GTX 1080
49

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060

61
GeForce GTX 1080
55

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
61
GeForce GTX 1080
57

FPS (higher is better)

Windows 10 x64, Ultra quality, DirectX12

GeForce RTX 3060
19
GeForce GTX 1080
12

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
39
GeForce GTX 1080
32

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
48
GeForce GTX 1080
45

FPS (higher is better)

GeForce RTX 3060
56
GeForce GTX 1080
43

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
34
GeForce GTX 1080
28

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
20
GeForce GTX 1080
17

FPS (higher is better)

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
35
GeForce GTX 1080
24

FPS (higher is better)

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
50
GeForce GTX 1080
41

FPS (higher is better)

Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

GeForce RTX 3060
44
GeForce GTX 1080
33

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
66
GeForce GTX 1080

53

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

GeForce RTX 3060
28
GeForce GTX 1080
21

FPS (higher is better)

Does the 1080 outperform the 3060?

The GTX 1080 Ti delivers 62% better performance. It is a way more powerful than RTX 3060. However, if you are a gamer and RTX 3060 is cheaper than the GTX 1080 Ti, I would recommend to obtain RTX 3060 as it is much newer (3 years).

Which is better GTX or RTX 3060?

Our Verdict: Upgrading from GTX 1080 to RTX 3060 is not recommended as it is less than 30% of improvement in performance. In general, a reasonable upgrade is between 30% and 50% or more to justify the purchase of new hardware. The price/performance ratio is much better for RTX 3060 .

Is GTX 1080 better than RTX?

The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 8% more, than GeForce RTX 2060. The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 7% more, than GeForce RTX 2060. The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 4% more, than GeForce RTX 2060.

What is an RTX 3060 equivalent to?

NVIDIA's RTX 3060 offers similar raw performance as the AMD RX 6600, plus it has better ray-tracing capabilities backed up by DLSS. However, despite similar list prices, the RTX 3060 is now being sold for considerably more than the RX 6600 due to stock shortages.