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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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GPU BrandNVIDIANVIDIA
SeriesGeForce GTX 10GeForce RTX 30
Board PartnerNVIDIA Founders EditionReference / Founders Edition
VRAM11 GB-8%12 GB
TierHigh-EndHigh-End
Memory TypeGDDR5XGDDR6X
Boost Clock1582 MHz-5%1665 MHz
Ray Tracing Supportfalsetrue
TDP250 W350 W-40%
ArchitecturePascalAmpere (GA102)
Card Length267 mm313 mm-17%
Slot Width22
CUDA Cores358410240

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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti821n=63-85%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti5,316n=207Best

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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