The NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB is the objective winner of this comparison, securing victory in ten out of thirteen measured categories. Its most significant technical advantage is its FP16 performance, which is 16829% higher than that of the NVIDIA GTX 1080. While the older card maintains a lead in memory bus width, the newer model dominates the majority of the hardware specifications provided, establishing itself as the superior component in this head-to-head evaluation.

Users prioritizing raw computational throughput and modern hardware capabilities should choose the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB for its massive lead in FP16 performance. Conversely, the NVIDIA GTX 1080 remains a viable option for specific use cases that rely heavily on a wider memory bus, where it maintains a 100% advantage over the newer card. Select your component based on whether your workload demands high-speed memory architecture or the significantly higher floating-point processing power of the newer architecture.