ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
• GPU Chip
  GP102-350-K1-A1 GA104-200-A1
• Execution units
  28 38
• Shader
  3584 4864
• Render Output Units
  88 80
• Texture Units
  224 152

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  11 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5X GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.388 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  484 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  352 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.594 GHz+ 8 % 1.410 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.733 GHz+ 10 % 1.800 GHz-8 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.708 GHz 1.665 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  250 W 240 W+ 20 %
• TDP (up)
  -- 250 W+ 14 %
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Water cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 38 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 3x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  298 mm 290 mm
• Height
  158 mm 131 mm
• Width
  50 mm 60 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G and ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 529 $
• Structure size
  16 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-POSEIDON-GTX1080TI-P11G-GAMING GV-N306TAORUS M-8GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet