NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB $999
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB $199
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1710MHz
1152 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
1708MHz
Peak AI Performance
980.58 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
15.74 TOPS
INT8
FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
FP16
60 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-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 186,590
61%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 207,975
59%
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
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Pascal
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
NV134
GP104
Variant
GP104-140-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
12/25/2016
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Die Size
314 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
7.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
22.93M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
1152 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
9 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1260MHz Base
1710MHz
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1506MHz Base
1708MHz
Peak AI Performance
980.58 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
15.74 TOPS
INT8
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FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
245.15 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
61.29 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
60 GFLOPS
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FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
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FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
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FP64
480 GFLOPS
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FP64
120 GFLOPS
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BF16
30.64 TFLOPS
61.29 TFLOPS Tensor
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
30.64 TFLOPS Tensor
61.29 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
490.29 TOPS Tensor
980.58 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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245.15 TOPS Tensor
490.29 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
15.74 TOPS
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INT32
15.32 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
59.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
191.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
81.984 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
478.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
122.976 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
5MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6X
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
120W
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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3x 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
30Hz
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)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 4
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 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
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VC-1
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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
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
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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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Power Connectors
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1x 6-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
16
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
285 mm (11.22 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
250 mm (9.84 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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