nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory2048
Cores192 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
$199 • Jan 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 180 W | 90 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1740 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | 192 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 16 |
| TMUs | 160 | 64 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1251 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 110.9 GPixel/s | 55.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320.3 GTexel/s | 192 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 8.873 GFLOPS | 7.127 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 8700 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR6
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