NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
            
                $1,199
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
            
                $329
            
        
    | 
                             9728 Shaders 
                            16GB GDDR6X 
                            2505MHz 
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                             3584 Shaders 
                            12GB GDDR6 
                            1777MHz 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            1.56 POPS 
                            INT4 Tensor Sparse 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            407.6 TOPS 
                            INT4 Tensor Sparse 
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                             FP32 
                            48.74 TFLOPS 
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                             FP32 
                            12.74 TFLOPS 
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                             FP16 
                            48.74 TFLOPS 
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                             FP16 
                            12.74 TFLOPS 
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                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            3.0-Slots 
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                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            - 
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                             TDP 
                            320W 
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                             TDP 
                            170W 
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                             Power Connectors 
                            - 
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                            1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR 
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                             Power Connectors 
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                            1x 12-Pin 
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                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Vulkan N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            1.56 POPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         
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                                         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
                                            
                                         
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                                            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
                                            
                                         
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                                            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
                                            
                                         
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                                            BF16
                                         
                                        
                                            12.74 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            25.48 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            50.95 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            TF32
                                         
                                        
                                            48.74 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            97.47 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            TF32
                                         
                                        
                                            12.74 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            25.48 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            779.8 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            1.56 POPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            203.8 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            407.6 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
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                                            389.9 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            779.8 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
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                                            101.9 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            203.8 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
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                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            24.37 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            6.37 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                        
                                            112.7 TOPS
                                         
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                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                        
                                            19.2 TOPS
                                         
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            280.56 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            85.296 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            761.52 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            199.024 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Ada Lovelace
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Ampere
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 40
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 30
                                        
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                                         Codename 
                                        NV183 
                                        AD103 
                                        Variant 
                                        AD103-300-A1 
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                                         Codename 
                                        NV174 
                                        GA104 
                                        Variant 
                                        GA104-150-A1 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        11/16/2022 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        9/1/2021 
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                                         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 
                                        393 mm² 
                                        - 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        45.9 Billion 
                                        - 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        17.4 Billion 
                                        - 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        121.24M/mm² 
                                        - 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        44.33M/mm² 
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                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
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                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
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                                         Shading Units 
                                        9728 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Shading Units 
                                        3584 Shaders 
                                        - 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        304 TMUs 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        112 TMUs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        112 ROPs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        48 ROPs 
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                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        304 T-Cores 
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                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        112 T-Cores 
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                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        76 RT-Cores 
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                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        28 RT-Cores 
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                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        76 SMs 
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                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        28 SMs 
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                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        6 GPCs 
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                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        3 GPCs 
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                                         - 
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                                        2205MHz Base 
                                        2505MHz 
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                                        1320MHz Base 
                                        1777MHz 
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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 
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                                         L2 
                                        3MB Shared 
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                                         16GB 
                                        GDDR6X 
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                                         12GB 
                                        GDDR6 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        256Bit 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        192Bit 
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                                         Clock 
                                        1400MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        22.4GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        716.8GB/s 
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                                         Clock 
                                        1875MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        15GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        360GB/s 
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                                         TDP 
                                        320W 
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                                         TDP 
                                        170W 
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                                         Temp 
                                        90°C Max 
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                                        1x HDMI 2.1 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         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 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        3 
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                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
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                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
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                                         Model 
                                        2x NVENC 8 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVENC 7 
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                                         Codec 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                        AV1 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVDEC 5 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVDEC 5 
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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) 
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                                        AV1 
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                                        MPEG-1 
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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 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_2 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.3 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.2 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        8.9 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP12 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set L 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        8.6 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP11 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set K 
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                                        2x Fans 
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                                         Not a Card 
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                                        2x Fans 
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                                         Power Connectors 
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                                        1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR 
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                                         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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