GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA A2
CORE STATE
GA107
VRAM
16 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1770 MHz
TDP
60 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
CORE STATE
GA102
VRAM
12 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1710 MHz
TDP
350 W
BUS WIDTH
384 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2022
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
A2
RTX 3080 12 GB
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,280
8,960
+600.0%
Shaders
1,280
8,960
+600.0%
TMUs
40
280
+600.0%
ROPs
32
96
+200.0%
SM Count
10
70
+600.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
1440 MHz
1260 MHz
Boost Clock
1770 MHz
1710 MHz
Memory Clock
1563 MHz
12.5 Gbps effective
1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
16 GB
12 GB
VRAM (MB)
16,384
12,288
-25.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Memory Bus
128 bit
384 bit
Bandwidth
200.1 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
6 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
56.64 GPixel/s
164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
70.80 GTexel/s
478.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
4.531 TFLOPS
30.64 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
70.80 GFLOPS (1:64)
478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
4.531 TFLOPS (1:1)
30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
10
70
+600.0%
Tensor Cores
40
280
+600.0%
Power
TDP
60 W
350 W
TDP (W)
60
350
+483.3%
Suggested PSU
250 W
750 W
Power Connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
GPU Name
GA107
GA102
Generation
Workstation Ampere
(Ax000)
GeForce 30
Process Size
8 nm
8 nm
Transistors
8,700 million
28,300 million
Die Size
200 mm²
628 mm²
Foundry
Samsung
Samsung
Density
43.5M / mm²
45.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.6
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Single-slot
Dual-slot
Length
—
285 mm
11.2 inches
Height
—
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
—
799 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Quadro Turing
GeForce 20
Successor
Workstation Ada
GeForce 40