NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

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Graphics Processor

GPU model GA104 GA102
GPU variant GA104-300-A1 GA102-220-A1
Architecture Ampere Ampere
Foundry Samsung Samsung
Manufacturing process 8 nm 8 nm
Number of transistors 17,400 million 28,300 million
Die size 392 mm² 628 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Sep 1st, 2020 Jan 11th, 2022
gpu.details.availability Oct 29th, 2020 Jan, 2022
Generation GeForce 30 GeForce 30
Predecessor GeForce 20 GeForce 20
Production Active Active
Launch price 499 USD 799 USD
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Reviews 78 in our database

Clocks

Base clock 1500 MHz 1260 MHz
Boost clock 1725 MHz 1710 MHz
Memory clock 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective 1188 MHz 19 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 bit
Bandwidth 448.0 GB/s 912.4 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units 5888 8960
TMUs 184 280
ROPs 96 112
SM count 46 70
Tensor cores 184 280
RT cores 46 70
Cache L1 128 KB (per SM) 128 KB (per SM)
Cache L2 4 MB 5 MB

Performance

Pixel rate 165.6 GPixel/s 191.5 GPixel/s
Texture rate 317.4 GTexel/s 478.8 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1) 30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float) performance 20.31 TFLOPS 30.64 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Dual-slot Dual-slot
Length 242 mm 9.5 inches 285 mm 11.2 inches
Width 112 mm 4.4 inches 112 mm 4.4 inches
TDP 220 W 350 W
Suggested PSU 550 W 750 W
Outputs 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Board number PG142 SKU 10
Height 40 mm 1.6 inches

API Support & Features

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
CUDA 8.6 8.6
Shader model 6.6 6.6

Other Features

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