MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA104-202-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2560 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
160 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 323 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.264 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
10.1 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
323 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR is 1.410 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.847 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36 dB

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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR is 281 mm long, 115 mm high and 40 mm wide.

279 mm Length 281 mm
140 mm Height 115 mm
42 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1100 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vision 8G LHR was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-N306TVISION-8GD
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (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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