MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC $770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 $199
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1740MHz
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1178MHz
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-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
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-300
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
1/22/2015
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
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 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
8 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
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1260MHz Base
1740MHz
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1127MHz Base
1178MHz
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FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
TF32
62.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
60.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
37.696 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
487.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
75.392 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
5MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6X
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
112GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
120W
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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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
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)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 3
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 2
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
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
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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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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
305 mm (12.01 in)
Depth
57 mm (2.24 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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