NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB vs AMD Radeon RX 550X 8CU

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB $999
AMD Radeon RX 550X 8CU $79
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1710MHz
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1287MHz
FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32
1.32 TFLOPS
FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
FP16
1.32 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
50W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 186,590
61%
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 125,525
61%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 595
78%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
Lexa
Polaris 12
Variant
Polaris 12 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
4/11/2018
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
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-
Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
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-
-
-
Compute Units
8 CUs
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-
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
-
-
-
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1260MHz Base
1710MHz
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1100MHz Base
1287MHz
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FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
1.32 TFLOPS
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FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32
1.32 TFLOPS
TF32
61.29 TFLOPS
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-
FP64
0.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
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Ray Tracing
59.9 TOPS
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-
Pixel Fillrate
191.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
20.592 GPixel/s
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-
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Texture Fillrate
478.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
41.184 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
5MB Shared
L2
512KB 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
50W
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-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
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1x HDMI 2.0
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-
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
VCE 3.4
Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
UVD 6.3
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
JPEG
VC-1
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-
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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_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
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
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GFX
8
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
-
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
285 mm (11.22 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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