NVIDIA 8x GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 GA106
            NVIDIA 8x GeForce RTX 4090
            
                $12,792
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 GA106
            
                $249
            
        
    | 
                             8x 16384 Shaders 
                            192GB (8x 24GB) GDDR6X 
                            2520MHz 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             2560 Shaders 
                            8GB GDDR6 
                            1777MHz 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Peak AI Performance 
                            21.14 POPS 
                            INT4 Tensor Sparse 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Peak AI Performance 
                            291.14 TOPS 
                            INT4 Tensor Sparse 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             FP32 
                            660.6 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             FP32 
                            9.1 TFLOPS 
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                             FP16 
                            660.6 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             FP16 
                            9.1 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            8x 3.0-Slots 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            1.9-Slots 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             TDP 
                            3600W 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             TDP 
                            130W 
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| 
                             Power Connectors 
                            - 
                            - 
                            - 
                            1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR 
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                             Power Connectors 
                            - 
                            1x 8-Pin 
                            - 
                            - 
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                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Vulkan N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Vulkan N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 CUDA 73,995 
                                            21% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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| 
                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            21.14 POPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            291.14 TOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                            FP8
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            5.28 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            10.57 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            2.64 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            5.28 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            660.6 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            2.64 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            5.28 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            1.32 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            2.64 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            9.1 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            36.39 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            72.79 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            18.2 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            36.39 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            660.6 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            9.1 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            10.32 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            140 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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| 
                                         
                                            BF16
                                         
                                        
                                            660.6 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            1.32 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            2.64 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            BF16
                                         
                                        
                                            9.1 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            18.2 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            36.39 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            TF32
                                         
                                        
                                            660.6 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            1.32 PFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            TF32
                                         
                                        
                                            9.1 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            18.2 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            10.57 POPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            21.14 POPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            145.57 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            291.14 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            5.28 POPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            10.57 POPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            72.79 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            145.57 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            330.3 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            4.55 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                        
                                            190.9 TOPS
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                        
                                            13.7 TOPS
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            443.52 GPixel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            85.296 GPixel/s
                                         
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| 
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            1290.24 GTexel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            142.16 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Ada Lovelace
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Ampere
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 40
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 30
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        NV182 
                                        AD102 
                                        Variant 
                                        AD102-300-A1 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        NV176 
                                        GA106 
                                        Variant 
                                        GA106-150-KA-A1 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        10/12/2022 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/27/2022 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        Samsung 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        4N 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        8N 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        8x 608 mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        276 mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        8x 76.3 Billion 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        13.3 Billion 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Density 
                                        125.41M/mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Density 
                                        48.01M/mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Shading Units 
                                        8x 16384 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Shading Units 
                                        2560 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        8x 512 TMUs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        80 TMUs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Render Output Units 
                                        8x 176 ROPs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Render Output Units 
                                        48 ROPs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        8x 512 T-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        80 T-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        8x 128 RT-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        20 RT-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        8x 128 SMs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        20 SMs 
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                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        8x 11 GPCs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        2 GPCs 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        2230MHz Base 
                                        2520MHz 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        1552MHz Base 
                                        1777MHz 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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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 
                                        72MB Shared 
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                                         L2 
                                        3MB Shared 
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                                        - 
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| 
                                         192GB (8x 24GB) 
                                        GDDR6X 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         8GB 
                                        GDDR6 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bus Width 
                                        384Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
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| 
                                         Clock 
                                        1313MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        21GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        1008GB/s 
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                                         Clock 
                                        1750MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        14GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        224GB/s 
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                                         TDP 
                                        3600W 
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                                         TDP 
                                        130W 
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                                         Temp 
                                        90°C Max 
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                                         Temp 
                                        93°C Max 
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                                        24x DisplayPort 1.4 
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                                        8x HDMI 2.1 
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                                        3x DisplayPort 1.4 
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                                        1x HDMI 2.1 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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| 
                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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| 
                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        G-Sync 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        G-Sync 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
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                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
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                                         Model 
                                        2x NVENC 8 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVENC 7 
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                                         Codec 
                                        - 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        AV1 
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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 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
                                        - 
                                        VC-1 
                                        VP8 
                                        VP9 
                                        - 
                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        AV1 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
                                        - 
                                        VC-1 
                                        VP8 
                                        VP9 
                                        - 
                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        AV1 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_3 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_2 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.3 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.2 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        8.9 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP12 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set L 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        8.6 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP11 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set K 
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                                        2x Fans 
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                                        2x Fans 
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                                         Power Connectors 
                                        - 
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                                        1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Power Connectors 
                                        - 
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                                        - 
                                        1x 8-Pin 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Slots Required 
                                        3.0 
                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Slots Required 
                                        1.9 
                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        8 
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                                         Height 
                                        137 mm (5.39 in) 
                                        Width 
                                        304 mm (11.97 in) 
                                        Depth 
                                        61 mm (2.4 in) 
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                                         Height 
                                        112 mm (4.41 in) 
                                        Width 
                                        242 mm (9.53 in) 
                                        Depth 
                                        38 mm (1.5 in) 
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