MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G

Back to Homepage

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G launched Q1/2021, which is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 architecture. It will come with 12 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR6 memory.The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G features 3584 shader, 64 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.852 GHz+ 4 % and equipped with a power draw of 170 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G launched Q2/2016, which is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR5X memory.The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G features 2560 shader, 64 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.847 GHz+ 7 % and equipped with a power draw of 180 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

	GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA106-300-A1	GPU Chip	GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
28	Execution units	20
3584	Shader	2560
64	Render Output Units	64
112	Texture Units	160
	Memory
12 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5X
1.875 GHz	Memory Speed	1.389 GHz
360 GB/s	Memory Bandwith	355 GB/s
192 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit
	Clock Speeds
1.320 GHz	Base Clock	1.607 GHz
1.852 GHz+ 4 %	Boost Clock	1.847 GHz+ 7 %
1.777 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.822 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes
	Thermal Design
170 W	TDP	180 W
180 W+ 6 %	TDP (up)	--
--	Tjunction max	--
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
	Cooler & Fans
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 95 mm	Fan 1	2 x 100 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB / Silent	Noise (Idle)	--
32 dB	Noise (Load)	--
	Connectivity
4	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--
	Featureset
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2	DirectX	12_1
Yes	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	No}
MSI Mystic Light	LED	MSI Mystic Light
	Supported Video Codecs
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode
	Dimensions
323 mm	Length	277 mm
140 mm	Height	140 mm
56 mm	Width	42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
1477 g	Weight	1100 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16
	Additional data
--	Part-no	--
Q1/2021	Release date	Q2/2016
479 $	Release price	--
8 nm	Structure size	16 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet
Show more data		Show more data

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G		MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G
170 W	Max TDP	180 W
NA	Power consumption per day (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per day	NA
NA	Power consumption per year (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per year	NA

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G

Compare Detail

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

Electric Usage Estimate

Electric Usage Estimate

Popular Comparision

Comments