MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and has 4864 texture shaders and 38 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps
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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 352 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 352 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 1.708 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.708 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.873 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.85 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC is 200 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
44 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC is 172 mm long, 125 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 287 mm long, 140 mm high and 57 mm wide.

172 mm Length 287 mm
125 mm Height 140 mm
43 mm Width 57 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
559 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G OC was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 439 $.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-N1080AORUS-8GD
Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2016
439 $ 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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