GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 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.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 332 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G has the GA104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

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

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 10.4 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.300 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.300 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.4 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 332 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.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.759 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.936 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.90 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 200 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

200 W TDP 180 W
240 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G 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 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

281 mm Length 264 mm
115 mm Height 124 mm
40 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision OC 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N306TVISION OC-8GD Part-no GV-N1080XTREME W-8GD
Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2016
449 $ Launch Price 599 $ (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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