GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 31 May 2021
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 2 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    193%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

93% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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 TITAN X (Pascal)

100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RTX 3080 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3080 TiGeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
GPU NameGA102 (GA102-225-A1)vsGP102 (GP102)
Fab Process8 nmvs16 nm
Die Size628 mm²vs471 mm²
Transistors28,300 millionvs12,000 million
Shaders10240vs3584
Tensor Cores320vsnone
Raytracing Cores80vsnone
Compute Units80vs28
Core clock1365 MHzvs1417 MHz
ROPs112vs96
TMUs320vs224

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3080 TiGeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR5X
Bus Width384 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
vs1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs12288 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3080 TiGeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
TDP350 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date31 May 2021vs2 Aug 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    186.50 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    136.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    532.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    317.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    912.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    480.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    34100.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    10157.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    288
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    170

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    266
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    133

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    249
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    123

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    202
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    106

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    153
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    72

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    120
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    64

FPS (higher is better)