GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G and the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, which has 8960 shaders and 70 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
1152 Shader 8960
48 Render Output Units 112
72 Texture Units 280
0 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR is 1.260 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 92 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 102 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR 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
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR 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
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 223 mm long, 121 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR is 330 mm long, 142 mm high and 58 mm wide.

223 mm Length 330 mm
121 mm Height 142 mm
39 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

GV-N1060WF2-3GD Part-no 38NOM5MD2GQA
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2022
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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)

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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