ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 489 GB/s.

GPU

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC has the GA104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X is based on the graphics chip GP102-350-K1-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
4864 Shader 3584
80 Render Output Units 88
152 Texture Units 224
38 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X is 11.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.391 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.391 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.1 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 489 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.66 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 200 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

200 W TDP 250 W
220 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X has 2 Radial/Axial (Radiator) main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

222 mm Length 269 mm
116 mm Height 111 mm
38 mm Width 35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1363 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X came on the market in Q1/2017 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

ZT-A30610H-10M Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2017
449 $ Launch Price 699 $ (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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