NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB $999
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1710MHz
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
335W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 186,590
61%
GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Vulkan 125,525
61%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
OCT 2020.1 595
78%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 345
59%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
5/10/2022
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
5120 Shaders
-
Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
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-
-
-
Compute Units
80 CUs
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-
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-
Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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-
1260MHz Base
1710MHz
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
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FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
-
-
-
FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
TF32
61.29 TFLOPS
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-
FP64
0.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
-
Ray Tracing
59.9 TOPS
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-
Pixel Fillrate
191.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
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-
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Texture Fillrate
478.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
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L0
32KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
-
-
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128KB/Array
L2
5MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
12GB
GDDR6X
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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
335W
Temp
93°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
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
VCN 3.0
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
VCN 3.0
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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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
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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2x Fans
-
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
-
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
-
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
285 mm (11.22 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
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