MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC vs AMD Radeon 520

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC $770
AMD Radeon 520
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1740MHz
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 189,865
62%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 127,725
62%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 605
80%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
MSI
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
4/18/2017
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Die Size
56 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
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Compute Units
5 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
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1260MHz Base
1740MHz
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1030MHz
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FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
TF32
62.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.04 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
60.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
487.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
5MB Shared
L2
128KB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6X
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
Unknown
Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Model
NVENC 7
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
305 mm (12.01 in)
Depth
57 mm (2.24 in)
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