Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G

GPU comparison with benchmarks The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V has 4864 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.67 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 16.20 TFLOPS. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G has 8960 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 32.79 TFLOPS.

GPU The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 38 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 70 execution units.
Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V	GPU	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
GA104-202-A1	GPU Chip	GA102
Ampere	Architecture	Ampere
38	Streaming Multiprocessors	70
4864	Shader	8960
80	Render Output Units	112
152	Texture Units	280
38	Raytracing Cores	70

Memory The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6X
1.750 GHz	Memory Clock	1.188 GHz
14.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	19.0 Gbps
448 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	912 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	384 bit

Clock Speeds The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V has a turbo clock of 1.665 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is 1.830 GHz.
1.410 GHz	Base Clock	1.260 GHz
1.665 GHz	Boost Clock	1.830 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
200 W	TDP	350 W
--	TDP (up)	--
93 °C	Tjunction max	93 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V are cooled with a Air cooling. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is cooled by a AIO water cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial (Radiator)
3 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 120 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	AIO water cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	3x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	AV1	Decode
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V is 53 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is 53 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
317 mm	Length	252 mm
135 mm	Height	135 mm
53 mm	Width	40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
1040 g	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V was released in Q4/2021. The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.
--	Part-no	GV-N3080AORUSX W-12GD
Q4/2021	Release date	Q1/2022
399 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	699 $ (Reference)
8 nm	Structure size	8 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V
1.410 GHz, 8 GB (200 W TDP)

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1.260 GHz, 12 GB (350 W TDP)

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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


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	5563
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	9375

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	6809
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	12403

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	2907
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	5214

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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)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	40 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	47 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	71 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	111 fps (avg)

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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)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	18 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	40 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	81 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	88 fps (avg)
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	135 fps (avg)

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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


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	109084
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	186152

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	103467
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	163432

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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)


	Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 8 GB GDDR6	16.2
	GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 12 GB GDDR6X	32.79

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Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G

GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Memory

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Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

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