GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory: 11264Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    169%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

69% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-150-A1)vsGP102 (GP102-350-K1-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs16 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs471 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs12,000 million
Shaders2560vs3584
Compute Units20vs28
Core clock1552 MHzvs1480 MHz
ROPs48vs88
TMUs80vs224

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5X
Bus Width128 bitvs352 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1376 MHz
11008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs11264 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
TDP130 wattsvs220 watts
Release Date4 Jan 2022vsUNRELEASED

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    130.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    332.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    484.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    10609.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    56
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    115
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    163

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    71
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    123
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    148

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    90
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    115

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    86
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    121

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    51
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    101

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    6
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    41
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    42

FPS (higher is better)