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 A4500
CORE STATE
GA102
VRAM
20 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1650 MHz
TDP
200 W
BUS WIDTH
320 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RTX 3080 12 GB
RTX A4500
Core Specs
Shading Units
8,960
7,168
-20.0%
Shaders
8,960
7,168
-20.0%
TMUs
280
224
-20.0%
ROPs
96
96
0.0%
SM Count
70
56
-20.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
1260 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1710 MHz
1650 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
12 GB
20 GB
VRAM (MB)
12,288
20,480
+66.7%
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Memory Bus
384 bit
320 bit
Bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
640.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
6 MB
6 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
164.2 GPixel/s
158.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
478.8 GTexel/s
369.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
30.64 TFLOPS
23.65 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
369.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
23.65 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
70
56
-20.0%
Tensor Cores
280
224
-20.0%
Power
TDP
350 W
200 W
TDP (W)
350
200
-42.9%
Suggested PSU
750 W
550 W
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
GPU Name
GA102
GA102
Generation
GeForce 30
Workstation Ampere
(Ax000)
Process Size
8 nm
8 nm
Transistors
28,300 million
28,300 million
Die Size
628 mm²
628 mm²
Foundry
Samsung
Samsung
Density
45.1M / 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
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
285 mm
11.2 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
112 mm
4.4 inches
112 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
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 20
Quadro Turing
Successor
GeForce 40
Workstation Ada