GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.06 TFLOPS.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G has a turbo clock of 1.771 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is 1.777 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 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.

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 graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 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
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G is 37 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is 37 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

169 mm Length 170 mm
131 mm Height 125 mm
37 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G was released in Q2/2016.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-N1080IX-8GD Part-no NE63060019K9-190AF
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 369 $
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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
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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