GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
CORE STATE
GK104
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1058 MHz
TDP
195 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Kepler
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
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_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
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DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 680
RTX 3080 12 GB
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
8,960
+483.3%
Shaders
1,536
8,960
+483.3%
TMUs
128
280
+118.8%
ROPs
32
96
+200.0%
SM Count
—
70
Clocks
Base Clock
1006 MHz
1260 MHz
Boost Clock
1058 MHz
1710 MHz
Memory Clock
1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective
1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
12 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
12,288
+500.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6X
Memory Bus
256 bit
384 bit
Bandwidth
192.3 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
512 KB
6 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
33.86 GPixel/s
164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
135.4 GTexel/s
478.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.250 TFLOPS
30.64 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
135.4 GFLOPS (1:24)
478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
70
Tensor Cores
—
280
Power
TDP
195 W
350 W
TDP (W)
195
350
+79.5%
Suggested PSU
450 W
750 W
Power Connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Kepler
Ampere
GPU Name
GK104
GA102
Generation
GeForce 600
GeForce 30
Process Size
28 nm
8 nm
Transistors
3,540 million
28,300 million
Die Size
294 mm²
628 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
12.0M / mm²
45.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.175
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
3.0
8.6
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
256 mm
10.1 inches
285 mm
11.2 inches
Height
111 mm
4.4 inches
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
499 USD
799 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 500
GeForce 20
Successor
GeForce 700
GeForce 40