MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC $770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super $229
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1740MHz
1408 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1785MHz
Peak AI Performance
997.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.05 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
350W
TDP
125W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 189,865
62%
GB5 OpenCL 60,815
20%
GB5 CUDA 211,625
60%
GB5 CUDA 65,080
18%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 127,725
62%
GB5 Vulkan 55,900
27%
OCT 2020.1 605
80%
OCT 2020.1 130
17%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
MSI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 16
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
10/29/2019
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1260MHz Base
1740MHz
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1530MHz Base
1785MHz
Peak AI Performance
997.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.05 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
249.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
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FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
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FP64
490 GFLOPS
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FP64
160 GFLOPS
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BF16
31.18 TFLOPS
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
31.18 TFLOPS Tensor
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
498.89 TOPS Tensor
997.79 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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249.45 TOPS Tensor
498.89 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
15.59 TOPS
INT32
5.03 TOPS
Ray Tracing
60.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
487.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
157.08 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
5MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6X
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
125W
Temp
93°C Max
Temp
95°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 4
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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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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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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3x Fans
Not a Card
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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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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