The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (Blackwell 2.0) and has 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Ampere) and has 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 760 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition is 55 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING has the GB206-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition is based on the graphics chip GA102-200-K1-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Memory Size
8 GB
10 GB
Memory Type
GDDR7
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.188 GHz
Memory Speed
28.0 Gbps
19.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
760 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
320 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 28.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Base Clock
2.280 GHz
1.440 GHz
Boost Clock
2.497 GHz
1.710 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
TDP
145 W
320 W
TDP (up)
--
370 W
Tjunction max
89 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
2 x 85 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
43 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1b
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Length
281 mm
285 mm
Height
119 mm
110 mm
Width
40 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
1,350 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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