MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X $1,199
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti $279
10240 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1695MHz
1536 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.11 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.88 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
34.71 TFLOPS
FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
FP16
34.71 TFLOPS
FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
350W
TDP
120W
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 207,045
68%
GB5 OpenCL 60,890
20%
GB5 CUDA 230,775
65%
GB5 CUDA 65,665
19%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 139,285
68%
GB5 Vulkan 52,680
26%
OCT 2020.1 660
87%
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
GA102-225-A1
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-400-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/3/2021
Release Date
2/21/2019
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
10240 Shaders
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Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
320 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
80 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
24 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1395MHz Base
1695MHz
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1500MHz Base
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.11 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.88 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
34.71 TFLOPS
138.85 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
277.71 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
138.85 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
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FP32
34.71 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
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FP64
540 GFLOPS
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FP64
170 GFLOPS
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BF16
34.71 TFLOPS
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor
138.85 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
34.71 TFLOPS Tensor
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
555.42 TOPS Tensor
1.11 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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277.71 TOPS Tensor
555.42 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
17.36 TOPS
INT32
5.44 TOPS
Ray Tracing
67.8 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
189.84 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
84.96 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
542.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
169.92 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
6MB 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
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
288GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
120W
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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