NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 $299
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC $770
3840 Shaders
8GB GDDR7
2490MHz
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1740MHz
Peak AI Performance
611.94 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
997.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
19.12 TFLOPS
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP16
19.12 TFLOPS
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
TDP
145W
TDP
350W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 189,865
62%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 211,625
60%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 127,725
62%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 605
80%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
MSI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV196
GB206
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Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/5/2025
Release Date
1/27/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
183 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
23 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.68M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
120 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Tensor Cores
120 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
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2235MHz Base
2490MHz
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1260MHz Base
1740MHz
Peak AI Performance
611.94 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
997.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP4
305.97 TFLOPS Tensor
611.94 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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152.99 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
305.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
152.99 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
19.12 TFLOPS
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
152.99 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
38.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
249.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
19.12 TFLOPS
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FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
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FP64
300 GFLOPS
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FP64
490 GFLOPS
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BF16
19.12 TFLOPS
38.25 TFLOPS Tensor
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
31.18 TFLOPS
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
19.12 TFLOPS Tensor
38.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
31.18 TFLOPS Tensor
62.36 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
498.89 TOPS Tensor
997.79 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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152.99 TOPS Tensor
305.97 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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249.45 TOPS Tensor
498.89 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
19.12 TOPS
INT32
15.59 TOPS
Ray Tracing
58 TOPS
Ray Tracing
60.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
119.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
298.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
487.2 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
32MB Shared
L2
5MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR7
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12GB
GDDR6X
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
22.2GT/s
Bandwidth
354.8GB/s
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
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TDP
145W
TDP
350W
Temp
85°C Max
Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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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
165Hz
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 2.3
Model
NVENC 9
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 6
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
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
305 mm (12.01 in)
Depth
57 mm (2.24 in)
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