ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2560 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition clocks in the base with up to 1.759 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.320 GHz.

1.759 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.936 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
1.90 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition is 298 mm long, 134 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 200 mm long, 123 mm high and 38 mm wide.

298 mm Length 200 mm
134 mm Height 123 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $.

ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-O8G-GAMING Part-no DUAL-RTX3060-12G
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
16 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition
8 GB GDDR5X
45 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition
8 GB GDDR5X
84 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition
8 GB GDDR5X
118 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
132 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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