EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming
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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming is 1.320 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming 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 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming is 202 mm long, 110 mm high and 37 mm wide.

267 mm Length 202 mm
111 mm Height 110 mm
-- Width 37 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 379 $.

08G-P4-5184-KR Part-no 12G-P5-3655-KR
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING ACX
8 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
130 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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