NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB $999
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 $599
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1710MHz
2304 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1620MHz
FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32
7.47 TFLOPS
FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
FP16
14.93 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
175W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 186,590
61%
GB5 OpenCL 85,745
28%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 95,645
40%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 125,525
61%
GB5 Vulkan 73,005
36%
OCT 2020.1 595
78%
OCT 2020.1 245
32%
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
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Codename
NV166
TU106
Variant
TU106-400A-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
Release Date
10/17/2018
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
628 mm²
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Die Size
445 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
10.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.27M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
288 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
36 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
36 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1260MHz Base
1710MHz
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1410MHz Base
1620MHz
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FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
14.93 TFLOPS
59.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32
7.47 TFLOPS
TF32
61.29 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.23 TFLOPS
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INT8
119.44 TOPS
Ray Tracing
59.9 TOPS
Ray Tracing
22.5 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
191.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
103.68 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
478.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
233.28 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
5MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6X
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
448GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
175W
Temp
93°C Max
Temp
89°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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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
4
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
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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 8-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
112.6 mm (4.43 in)
Width
228.6 mm (9 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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