MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC $770
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 $329
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1740MHz
3584 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1777MHz
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
170W
Power Connectors
-
2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 189,865
62%
GB5 OpenCL 96,465
32%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 99,110
42%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 127,725
62%
GB5 Vulkan 75,845
37%
OCT 2020.1 605
80%
OCT 2020.1 305
40%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
MSI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
2/25/2021
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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-
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-
-
-
-
-
Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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-
1260MHz Base
1740MHz
-
-
1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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-
-
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-
-
-
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FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor
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-
-
-
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FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
TF32
62.36 TFLOPS
TF32
25.48 TFLOPS
FP64
0.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
-
Ray Tracing
60.9 TOPS
Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
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-
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Texture Fillrate
487.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
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-
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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-
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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-
L2
5MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
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-
-
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12GB
GDDR6X
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12GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
360GB/s
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-
-
-
-
-
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TDP
350W
TDP
170W
Temp
93°C Max
Temp
93°C Max
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
3x DisplayPort 1.4
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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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
-
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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-
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Codec
-
-
-
-
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
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
-
-
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)
-
AV1
-
-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
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
8.6
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-
PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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3x Fans
-
-
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
-
-
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2x 8-Pin
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-
-
Power Connectors
-
-
-
-
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
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)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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