nvidia

Brand

11GB GDDR5X

Memory

3584

Cores

484.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

$699 Mar 2017 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

10496

Cores

936.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

11GB GDDR5X 250W $699 Mar 2017

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

$699 • Mar 2017

GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

24GB GDDR6X 350W $1499 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Memory Size	11 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5X	GDDR6X
TDP	250 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1582 MHz	1695 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	484.4 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	3584	10496
RT Cores	N/A	82
TMUs	224	328
ROPs	88	112
Memory Bus	352-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1376 MHz	1219 MHz
Pixel Rate	139.2 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	484.4 GTexel/s	936.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	11.34 GFLOPS	35.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.75 MB	6.00 MB
Die Size	471 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	11800 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	600 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

9688

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

21950 (+127%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

74966

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

211669 (+182%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

118.7 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

247.5 FPS (+109%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

18594

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

26671 (+43%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (78 benchmarks)

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+71%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+81%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+78%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Ludus future

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+91%)

AVG 262 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+100%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+113%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy • TaleWorlds Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+41%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+100%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+119%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valheim

8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access • Iron Gate AB

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+45%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+80%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+85%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

King Arthur Knight's Tale

8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy • NeocoreGames

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+89%)

AVG 288 FPS

MIN 269 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 152 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+96%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+91%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Winner

Loser

A Total War Saga TROY

8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+30%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+56%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+79%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!

Based on 78 benchmarks across 26 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

+78.1%

141

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3090