3dfx Voodoo Banshee PCI 16 MB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Banshee | GA102 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | 500-0013-04 | GA102-300-A1 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 350 nm | 7 nm |
| Number of transistors | 4 million | 40,000 million |
| Die size | 137 mm² | 627 mm² |
| Architecture | — | Ampere |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 22nd, 1998 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Voodoo Banshee | GeForce 30 |
| Production | End-of-life | Unreleased |
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Voodoo Rush | — |
| Successor | Voodoo3 | — |
| Launch price | — | 1,399 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 100 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 100 MHz | 2375 MHz 19000 MHz effective |
| Base clock | — | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1740 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 16 MB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | SDR | GDDR6X |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 1.600 GB/s | 912.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 1 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 0 | — |
| TMUs | 1 | 320 |
| ROPs | 1 | 96 |
| Shading units | — | 5120 |
| SM count | — | 80 |
| Tensor cores | — | 640 |
| RT cores | — | 160 |
| Cache L1 | — | 192 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 6 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 100.0 MPixel/s | 167.0 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 100.0 MTexel/s | 556.8 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 35.64 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 17.82 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 556.8 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 320 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 700 W |
| Outputs | 1x VGA | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Board number | — | PG132 SKU 20 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 6.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2.140 |
| Pixel shader | — | — |
| Vertex shader | — | — |
| CUDA | — | 8.5 |
| Shader model | — | 6.5 |
