GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.75 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.52 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.81 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.93 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
3584 Shader 3584
88 Render Output Units 48
224 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G is equipped with a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.431 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.431 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
11.4 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
528 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G has a turbo clock of 1.746 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC is 1.807 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
1.72 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

280 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 33 dB

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
3x 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G is 55 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC is 55 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

293 mm Length 316 mm
142 mm Height 120 mm
55 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 753 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G was released in Q1/2017.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-N108TAORUS X-11GD Part-no --
Q1/2017 Release date Q1/2021
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 449 $
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)

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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