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GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q vs GeForce RTX 3060

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q vs GeForce RTX 3060: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
ASUS GeForce Dual RTX 3060 12GB V2 OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3060-O12G-V2)

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In Stock

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
ASUS GeForce Dual RTX 3060 12GB V2 OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3060-O12G-V2)

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In Stock

Updated 299 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 1295 days newer than GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

  • Consumes up to 12% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 150 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060

  • Performs up to 68% better in Forza Horizon 5 than GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q - 52 vs 31 FPS
  • Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q - 12 vs 8 GB
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Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q Logo
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017


FPS

31

60%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

52

100%

Value, €/FPS

€5.73/FPS

100%

Price, €

€298

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS GeForce Dual RTX 3060 12GB V2 OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3060-O12G-V2)

Buy for 298 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 299 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q Logo
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q Logo
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

93.95 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

234.9 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

91%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

85%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q Logo

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo

GeForce RTX 3060

Jun 27th, 2017
Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce 10 MobileGeForce 30
Not Available$329
None1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
None1x 12-pin
Mobile
Desktop
8 GB
12 GB
GDDR5XGDDR6
256-bit192-bit
320.3 GB/s
360 GB/s
1290 MHz
1320 MHz
1468 MHz
1777 MHz
1251 MHz
1875 MHz

Builds Using GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q or GeForce RTX 3060

With selected game settings

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