PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.78 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.10 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA106-150-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2560 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 160
20 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

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

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan has a turbo clock of 1.777 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.733 GHz.

1.552 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan 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 93 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan is 43 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 43 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

228 mm Length 267 mm
114 mm Height 111 mm
43 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan was released in Q4/2022.

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

VCG30508DFBPB1 Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2016
249 $ (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)

PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB VERTO Dual Fan
8 GB GDDR6
99 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 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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