PNY GeForce GTX 1080
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING has 8960 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 31.45 TFLOPS.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 70 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA102
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
2560 Shader 8960
64 Render Output Units 112
160 Texture Units 280
0 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 has a turbo clock of 1.733 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING is 1.755 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

180 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING is cooled by a AIO water cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 2 x 120 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 263 mm
111 mm Height 112 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, PNY GeForce GTX 1080 was released in Q2/2016.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

VCGGTX10808PB Part-no 12G-P5-4868-KL
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2022
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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)

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 PNY GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 PNY GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
190 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 PNY GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 ULTRA HYBRID GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
205 fps (avg)

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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