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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: Comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti separate most on tdp: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti at 250 W, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti at 350 W, 40% in favour of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Card Length splits them by another 17%, again favouring NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. They match on gpu brand, tier and slot width. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti scores 5,316 against 821 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, a lead of 85%.
Specs
| Specification | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Series | GeForce GTX 10 | GeForce RTX 30 |
| Board Partner | NVIDIA Founders Edition | Reference / Founders Edition |
| VRAM | 11 GB-8% | 12 GB |
| Tier | High-End | High-End |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR6X |
| Boost Clock | 1582 MHz-5% | 1665 MHz |
| Ray Tracing Support | false | true |
| TDP | 250 W | 350 W-40% |
| Architecture | Pascal | Ampere (GA102) |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 313 mm-17% |
| Slot Width | 2 | 2 |
| CUDA Cores | 3584 | 10240 |
Benchmarks
Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.
Blender Cycles (GPU)
Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.
Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.
Verdict
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
5 / 10 Expert Rating
Aged remarkably well for pure rasterization, but firmly a legacy budget-tier used buy now that RT and upscaling are mainstream expectations.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
8 / 10 Expert Rating
A solid high-end pick if its price and 12GB VRAM allocation match your target resolution.
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