NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs NVIDIA T1000 8 GB Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains a single directly comparable benchmark between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and the NVIDIA T1000 8 GB: the Geekbench Vulkan test. In this measurement, the RTX 3080 Ti scores 192,697 points against 34,561 points for the T1000 8 GB. The delta is a decisive 457.6% in favor of the RTX 3080 Ti, making it the outright winner in the only shared workload. This is not a marginal gap; it is a generational and architectural chasm expressed in raw compute throughput.

Context from the nearest rivals reinforces the scale of this result. The RTX 3080 Ti holds an average benchmark score of 41,187 across all recorded tests in the database, placing it in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. Its closest competitor in the database, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, trails by 2%, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 is only 0.8% behind. The T1000 8 GB, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 34,561, derived solely from its single Vulkan result, and sits in the 79th percentile. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon HD 7970, is a mere 0.1% away, and the NVIDIA A2 is 0.4% ahead. These percentile positions show that while both cards occupy the upper half of the database, the RTX 3080 Ti operates at a far higher absolute performance tier.

The Geekbench Vulkan score for the RTX 3080 Ti is more than five and a half times that of the T1000 8 GB. In practical terms, the RTX 3080 Ti delivers 457.6% more performance in this API, which stresses geometry, shading, and asynchronous compute. The T1000 8 GB, with its much lower score, is clearly not intended for the same class of workloads. The data shows a complete sweep: one win for the RTX 3080 Ti, zero for the T1000 8 GB in the head-to-head comparison.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different architectural generations and foundries. The RTX 3080 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture with the GA102 chip, fabricated on an 8 nm process at Samsung. It contains 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 45.1 million per square millimeter. The T1000 8 GB uses the older Turing architecture with the TU117 chip, made on a 12 nm process at TSMC. Its transistor count is 4,700 million on a 200 mm² die, for a density of 23.5 million per square millimeter. The RTX 3080 Ti packs roughly six times the transistors into a die that is more than three times larger.

Ray tracing and tensor hardware further separate these parts. The RTX 3080 Ti includes 80 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores. The T1000 8 GB lists no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores in the database, meaning it lacks the dedicated hardware for real-time ray tracing and AI-accelerated tensor operations that Ampere provides. This is a fundamental capability difference, not just a numerical one.

Memory architecture also diverges sharply. The RTX 3080 Ti uses 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus, delivering 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The T1000 8 GB uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, yielding 160.0 GB/s. The bandwidth advantage for the RTX 3080 Ti is nearly sixfold, which directly impacts texture-heavy, high-resolution, and compute-intensive scenarios. The memory clock is also different: 19 Gbps effective for the RTX 3080 Ti versus 10 Gbps effective for the T1000 8 GB.

The API support differs as well. The RTX 3080 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the T1000 8 GB supports DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.4. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6. The RTX 3080 Ti's DirectX 12 Ultimate designation indicates feature-level support that the T1000 8 GB cannot match. The process node, transistor budget, ray tracing hardware, tensor cores, memory type, and API feature level all point to the RTX 3080 Ti as the substantially more advanced part.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the Geekbench Vulkan benchmark?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is faster, scoring 192,697 points versus 34,561 points for the NVIDIA T1000 8 GB, a difference of 457.6%.

Q: Do both cards support ray tracing hardware?

A: No. The RTX 3080 Ti includes 80 ray tracing cores, while the T1000 8 GB has no ray tracing cores listed in the database.

Q: What are the memory bandwidth figures for each card?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti has 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth using 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus. The T1000 8 GB has 160.0 GB/s using 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus.

Q: How do their average benchmark scores compare?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti has an average benchmark score of 41,187 across all recorded tests, placing it in the 83rd percentile. The T1000 8 GB has an average score of 34,561 from a single test, placing it in the 79th percentile.

Q: Which card has higher FP32 compute throughput?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti delivers 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The T1000 8 GB delivers 2.500 TFLOPS, which is a substantial deficit.

Q: Are both cards end-of-life products?

A: Yes, the production status for both the RTX 3080 Ti and the T1000 8 GB is listed as end-of-life in the database.

Specification Differences

The recorded specifications reveal a wide gap in nearly every measurable category.

• Process node: RTX 3080 Ti is 8 nm (Samsung); T1000 8 GB is 12 nm (TSMC).
• Transistors: RTX 3080 Ti has 28,300 million; T1000 8 GB has 4,700 million.
• Die size: 628 mm² for RTX 3080 Ti; 200 mm² for T1000 8 GB.
• Transistor density: 45.1M / mm² for RTX 3080 Ti; 23.5M / mm² for T1000 8 GB.
• Base clock: 1365 MHz for RTX 3080 Ti; 1065 MHz for T1000 8 GB.
• Boost clock: 1665 MHz for RTX 3080 Ti; 1395 MHz for T1000 8 GB.
• Memory clock: 19 Gbps effective for RTX 3080 Ti; 10 Gbps effective for T1000 8 GB.
• Memory size: 12 GB for RTX 3080 Ti; 8 GB for T1000 8 GB.
• Memory type: GDDR6X for RTX 3080 Ti; GDDR6 for T1000 8 GB.
• Memory bus width: 384 bit for RTX 3080 Ti; 128 bit for T1000 8 GB.
• Memory bandwidth: 912.4 GB/s for RTX 3080 Ti; 160.0 GB/s for T1000 8 GB.
• Shading units: 10,240 for RTX 3080 Ti; 896 for T1000 8 GB.
• Texture mapping units: 320 for RTX 3080 Ti; 56 for T1000 8 GB.
• Render output units: 112 for RTX 3080 Ti; 32 for T1000 8 GB.
• Ray tracing cores: 80 for RTX 3080 Ti; none for T1000 8 GB.
• Tensor cores: 320 for RTX 3080 Ti; none for T1000 8 GB.
• Pixel rate: 186.5 GPixel/s for RTX 3080 Ti; 44.64 GPixel/s for T1000 8 GB.
• Texture rate: 532.8 GTexel/s for RTX 3080 Ti; 78.12 GTexel/s for T1000 8 GB.
• FP32 performance: 34.10 TFLOPS for RTX 3080 Ti; 2.500 TFLOPS for T1000 8 GB.
• FP16 performance: 34.10 TFLOPS (1:1) for RTX 3080 Ti; 5.000 TFLOPS (2:1) for T1000 8 GB.
• TDP: 350 W for RTX 3080 Ti; 50 W for T1000 8 GB.
• Slot width: Dual-slot for RTX 3080 Ti; single-slot for T1000 8 GB.
• Power connectors: 1x 12-pin for RTX 3080 Ti; none for T1000 8 GB.
• Suggested PSU: 750 W for RTX 3080 Ti; 250 W for T1000 8 GB.
• Bus interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 for RTX 3080 Ti; PCIe 3.0 x16 for T1000 8 GB.
• Display outputs: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a for RTX 3080 Ti; 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a for T1000 8 GB.
• DirectX support: 12 Ultimate (12_2) for RTX 3080 Ti; 12 (12_1) for T1000 8 GB.
• Length: 285 mm (11.2 inches) for RTX 3080 Ti; 156 mm (6.1 inches) for T1000 8 GB.
• Height: 112 mm (4.4 inches) for RTX 3080 Ti; 69 mm (2.7 inches) for T1000 8 GB.
• Width: 40 mm (1.6 inches) for RTX 3080 Ti; not recorded for T1000 8 GB.
• Release date: 2021-05-30 for RTX 3080 Ti; 2021-05-05 for T1000 8 GB.
• Predecessor: GeForce 20 for RTX 3080 Ti; Quadro Volta for T1000 8 GB.
• Successor: GeForce 40 for RTX 3080 Ti; Workstation Ampere for T1000 8 GB.

The RTX 3080 Ti carries a launch MSRP of 1,199 USD. The T1000 8 GB has no recorded launch MSRP in the database.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 3080 Ti wins decisively in the head-to-head benchmark and in virtually every specification category. Its 457.6% Vulkan advantage, 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, and 912.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth make it the clear choice for high-performance rendering, ray tracing, and compute-heavy workloads. The 80 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores enable real-time ray tracing and AI-accelerated features that the T1000 8 GB cannot perform at all. The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus supports large textures and high-resolution framebuffers without bandwidth starvation. For gaming, 3D content creation, or GPU compute, the RTX 3080 Ti is the dominant part.

The T1000 8 GB wins in the categories that matter for a different class of deployment. Its 50 W TDP is a fraction of the RTX 3080 Ti's 350 W, and it requires no external power connectors, with a suggested PSU of only 250 W. It is a single-slot card measuring 156 mm in length and 69 mm in height, versus the dual-slot, 285 mm RTX 3080 Ti. Its four mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs suit multi-display workstation environments. For low-profile, low-power, multi-monitor setups where compute and ray tracing are not priorities, the T1000 8 GB is the practical option. The data shows a clear trade-off: extreme performance and capability on one side, minimal power and physical footprint on the other.