NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 $1,199
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
9728 Shaders
16GB GDDR6X
2505MHz
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.56 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
48.74 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
48.74 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
320W
TDP
170W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 12-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 N/A
0%
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 N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 40
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV183
AD103
Variant
AD103-300-A1
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/16/2022
Release Date
10/27/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
379 mm²
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
45.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
121.24M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
9728 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
304 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
304 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
76 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
76 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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2205MHz Base
2505MHz
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.56 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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389.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
779.8 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
389.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
48.74 TFLOPS
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
389.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
97.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
101.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
48.74 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP64
760 GFLOPS
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FP64
200 GFLOPS
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BF16
48.74 TFLOPS
97.48 TFLOPS Tensor
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
12.74 TFLOPS
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
48.74 TFLOPS Tensor
97.47 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
12.74 TFLOPS Tensor
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
779.8 TOPS Tensor
1.56 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
203.8 TOPS Tensor
407.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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389.9 TOPS Tensor
779.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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101.9 TOPS Tensor
203.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
24.37 TOPS
INT32
6.37 TOPS
Ray Tracing
112.7 TOPS
Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
280.56 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
761.52 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
64MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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16GB
GDDR6X
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1400MHz
Transfer Rate
22.4GT/s
Bandwidth
716.8GB/s
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
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TDP
320W
TDP
170W
Temp
90°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 2.1
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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
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
2x NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
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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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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2x Fans
Not a Card
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
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