MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X)
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) has 4864 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.67 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 16.20 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 38 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA104-202-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 VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) has a turbo clock of 1.665 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 1.733 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.665 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) is 52 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 52 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

305 mm Length 267 mm
121 mm Height 112 mm
52 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1048 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 3X (GDDR6X) was released in Q4/2022.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no 426018336-3620
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2016
399 $ (Reference) 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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