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
RTX 2000 Ada Generation
CORE STATE
AD107
VRAM
16 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2130 MHz
TDP
70 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ada Lovelace
PROCESS
5 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2024
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RTX 3080 12 GB
RTX 2000 Ada Generation
Core Specs
Shading Units
8,960
2,816
-68.6%
Shaders
8,960
2,816
-68.6%
TMUs
280
88
-68.6%
ROPs
96
48
-50.0%
SM Count
70
22
-68.6%
Clocks
Base Clock
1260 MHz
1620 MHz
Boost Clock
1710 MHz
2130 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
12 GB
16 GB
VRAM (MB)
12,288
16,384
+33.3%
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Memory Bus
384 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
256.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
6 MB
12 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
164.2 GPixel/s
102.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
478.8 GTexel/s
187.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
30.64 TFLOPS
12.00 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
187.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
12.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
70
22
-68.6%
Tensor Cores
280
88
-68.6%
Power
TDP
350 W
70 W
TDP (W)
350
70
-80.0%
Suggested PSU
750 W
250 W
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ada Lovelace
GPU Name
GA102
AD107
Generation
GeForce 30
Workstation Ada
(x000A)
Process Size
8 nm
5 nm
Transistors
28,300 million
18,900 million
Die Size
628 mm²
159 mm²
Foundry
Samsung
TSMC
Density
45.1M / mm²
118.9M / 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
168 mm
6.6 inches
Height
112 mm
4.4 inches
69 mm
2.7 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Other
Launch Price
799 USD
649 USD
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 20
Workstation Ampere
Successor
GeForce 40
Blackwell PRO W