EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is based on the graphics chip GA104-200-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2560 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
160 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.708 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.847 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 200 W.

180 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 SC2 GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 282 mm
111 mm Height 117 mm
-- Width 41 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 SC2 GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-6583-KR Part-no GV-N306TGAMING-8GD
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2020
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING
8 GB GDDR5X
113 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
166 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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