GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR
vs
Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has the GA106-302-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V is based on the graphics chip GP102-350-K1-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR GPU Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
3584 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 88
112 Texture Units 224
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V is 11.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.376 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.867 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.59 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

170 W TDP 250 W
180 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V has 2 Axial (Radiator) main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

296 mm Length --
117 mm Height --
56 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Neptune W-V came on the market in Q1/2017 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2017
459 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 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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