NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

GPU Specs Compare

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jan 2022
Sep 2020
Generation
GeForce 30
GeForce 30
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1260 MHz
1500 MHz
Boost Clock
1710 MHz
1725 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
1750 MHz

Memory

Memory Size
12GB
8GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Memory Bus
384bit
256bit
Bandwidth
912.4GB/s
448.0GB/s

Render Config

SM Count
70
46
Shading Units
8960
5888
TMUs
280
184
ROPs
96
96
Tensor Cores
280
184
RT Cores
70
46
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
6 MB
4 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
164.2 GPixel/s
165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
478.8 GTexel/s
317.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
30.64 TFLOPS
20.31 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
30.64 TFLOPS
20.31 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
478.8 GFLOPS
317.4 GFLOPS

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GA102
GA104
GPU Variant
GA102-220-A1
GA104-300-A1
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
Foundry
Samsung
Samsung
Process Size
8 nm
8 nm
Transistors
28.3 billion
17.4 billion
Die Size
628 mm²
392 mm²

Board Design

TDP
350W
220W
Suggested PSU
750 W
550 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
8.6
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.6

📊 Benchmark

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3DMark Speed Way
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3,453
Battlefield 5 1080p
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188
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
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53
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
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46
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
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95
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
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56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
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144
Battlefield 5 2160p
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81
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
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82
Battlefield 5 1440p
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141
GTA 5 2160p
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68
GTA 5 1440p
-
105
GTA 5 1080p
-
159