GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA 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
VS
GEFORCE
L20
CORE STATE
AD102
VRAM
48 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2520 MHz
TDP
275 W
BUS WIDTH
384 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ada Lovelace
PROCESS
5 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2023
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RTX 3080 12 GB
L20
Core Specs
Shading Units
8,960
11,776
+31.4%
Shaders
8,960
11,776
+31.4%
TMUs
280
368
+31.4%
ROPs
96
128
+33.3%
SM Count
70
92
+31.4%
Clocks
Base Clock
1260 MHz
1440 MHz
Boost Clock
1710 MHz
2520 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
12 GB
48 GB
VRAM (MB)
12,288
49,152
+300.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Memory Bus
384 bit
384 bit
Bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
864.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
6 MB
96 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
164.2 GPixel/s
322.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
478.8 GTexel/s
927.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
30.64 TFLOPS
59.35 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
927.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
59.35 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
70
92
+31.4%
Tensor Cores
280
368
+31.4%
Power
TDP
350 W
275 W
TDP (W)
350
275
-21.4%
Suggested PSU
750 W
600 W
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ada Lovelace
GPU Name
GA102
AD102
Generation
GeForce 30
Server Ada
(Lxx)
Process Size
8 nm
5 nm
Transistors
28,300 million
76,300 million
Die Size
628 mm²
609 mm²
Foundry
Samsung
TSMC
Density
45.1M / mm²
125.3M / 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
8.9
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
285 mm
11.2 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
112 mm
4.4 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
799 USD
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Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 20
Server Ampere
Successor
GeForce 40
Server Hopper