NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 is a fast desktop graphics card based on the Pascal architecture. It was announced in May 2016 and offers all 2,560 shader of the used GP104 chip. Furthermore, the GPU is coupled with 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory using a 256 Bit interface (10 GHz, 320 GB/s). The chip is manufactured at TSMC in 16nm (FinFET). The TDP is specified at 180 Watt and therefore slightly higher than the predecessor, the GTX 980 with 165 Watt.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 is a mid-range desktop graphics card. It is based on the GA106 Ampere chip and offers 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a 128 Bit memory bus. It offers 2,560 cores and supports PCIe 4.0.

The performance is similar to the older GeForce RTX 2060 and therefore best suited for 1080p gaming of modern and demanding games in high settings.

The GA106 chip offers 3,840 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 1,920 INT32 ALUs). With Turing all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia. The Ampere chips also include an improved 5th generation video encoder (NVENC for H.264 and H.265) and a 7th generation decoder (for various formats now including AV1).

The GA106 chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip). The TDP of the RTX 3050 is specified at 130 Watt and therefore better than the previous RTX 2060 (160 Watt).

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

GeForce RTX 3000 Series

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	3584 @ 1.48 - 1.6 GHz	352 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)	5120 @ 1.56 - 1.73 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop)	3840 @ 1.51 - 1.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop)	4096 @ 1.44 - 1.65 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	2560 @ 1.61 - 1.73 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile	2560 @ 1.57 - 1.73 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)	2432 @ 1.61 - 1.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	1920 @ 1.51 - 1.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	2560 @ 1.1 - 1.28 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile	2048 @ 1.44 - 1.65 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	2048 @ 1.1 - 1.27 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop)	1280 @ 1.51 - 1.71 GHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile	1280 @ 1.4 - 1.67 GHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	1280 @ 1.06 - 1.34 GHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile	768 @ 1.49 - 1.62 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)	768 @ 1.29 - 1.39 GHz	128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q	768 @ 1.15 - 1.29 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	640 @ 1.35 - 1.46 GHz	128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile	640 @ 1.35 - 1.49 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	640 @ 1 - 1.14 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	384 @ 1.23 - 1.67 GHz	64 Bit @ 6000 MHz

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	10752 @ 1.56 - 1.86 GHz	384 Bit @ 21000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	10496 @ 1.4 - 1.7 GHz	384 Bit @ 19500 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	10240 @ 1.37 - 1.67 GHz	384 Bit @ 19000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	8960/ cores @ 1.26 - 1.71 GHz	384 Bit @ 19000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	8704 @ 1.45 - 1.71 GHz	320 Bit @ 19000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	6144 @ 1.58 - 1.77 GHz	256 Bit @ 19000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	7424 @ 0.98 - 1.59 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	5888 @ 1.5 - 1.73 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU	6144 @ 0.78 - 1.25 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	4864 @ 1.41 - 1.67 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU	5888 @ 0.92 - 1.48 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	5120 @ 0.78 - 1.29 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	6144 @ 0.78 - 1.25 GHz	256 Bit @ 6000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	3584 @ 1.32 - 1.78 GHz	192 Bit @ 15000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q	5120 @ 1.29 GHz	256 Bit
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	3840 @ 0.82 - 1.7 GHz	192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	3840 @ 1.28 GHz	192 Bit
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050	2560 @ 1.55 - 1.78 GHz	128 Bit Bit @ 1750 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU	2560 @ 1.22 - 1.49 GHz	128 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU	2560 @ 1.24 - 1.49 GHz	96 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU	2048 @ 1.24 - 1.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 12000 MHz

Codename

Pascal GP104

Ampere GA106

Architecture

Pascal

Ampere

Pipelines

2560 - unified

Core Speed

1607 - 1733 (Boost) MHz

1552 - 1777 (Boost) MHz

Memory Speed

10000 MHz

1750 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

128 Bit Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5X

GDDR6

Max. Amount of Memory

8 GB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5

DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.6, OpenGL 4.6

Power Consumption

180 Watt

130 Watt

Transistors

7.2 Billion

12 Billion

technology

16 nm

8 nm

Features

Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor, 500-Watt system power recommended

Date of Announcement

06.05.2016

04.01.2022