NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 GA106

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 $999
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 GA106 $249
10752 Shaders
16GB GDDR7
2620MHz
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
FP32
56.34 TFLOPS
FP32
9.1 TFLOPS
FP16
56.34 TFLOPS
FP16
9.1 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
TDP
360W
TDP
130W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 73,995
31%
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
Blackwell
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV193
GB203
Variant
GB203-400-A1
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-150-KA-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
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
377 mm²
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
46 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
122.02M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
10752 Shaders
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Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
336 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
336 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
84 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
84 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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2300MHz Base
2620MHz
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1552MHz Base
1777MHz
FP4
901.45 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP8
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450.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP16
56.34 TFLOPS
225.36 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
9.1 TFLOPS
36.39 TFLOPS Tensor
BF16
56.34 TFLOPS
225.36 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
56.34 TFLOPS
FP32
9.1 TFLOPS
TF32
225.36 TFLOPS
TF32
18.2 TFLOPS
FP64
0.88 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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INT8
450.72 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
170.9 TOPS
Ray Tracing
17.8 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
335.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
880.32 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
142.16 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
3MB Shared
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16GB
GDDR7
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2368MHz
Transfer Rate
30GT/s
Bandwidth
960GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
360W
TDP
130W
Temp
88°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
120Hz
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
2x 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
2x 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
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2x Fans
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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