NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 $799
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
2944 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1710MHz
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
10.07 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
20.14 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
170W
TDP
215W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 106,005
35%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 119,600
50%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 87,445
43%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 255
34%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 20
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Codename
NV164
TU104
Variant
TU104-400A-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/27/2022
Release Date
9/20/2018
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
276 mm²
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Die Size
545 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
2944 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
184 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
368 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
46 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
46 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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1515MHz Base
1710MHz
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
20.14 TFLOPS
80.55 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
10.07 TFLOPS
TF32
25.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.32 TFLOPS
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INT8
161.1 TOPS
Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
Ray Tracing
30.4 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
109.44 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
314.64 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
2MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
448GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
215W
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Temp
88°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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1x USB-C + DP
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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
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
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_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
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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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 NVLink
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Height
115.7 mm (4.56 in)
Width
266.7 mm (10.5 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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