NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 Full Specs

Summary

8,960 Shaders 1.71GHz	3,584 Shaders 2.52GHz
12GB GDDR6X912.4GB/s	16GB GDDR6640GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 30.64 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 36.13 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 350W	TDP 220W
Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin -	Power Connectors - 2x 8-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

GeForce RTX 3080 12GB980.6 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x1

Radeon RX 90701.16 POPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x1.18

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1710MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2520MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 980.6 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 1.16 POPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 144.5 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 289 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 144.5 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 289 TFLOPS
Tensor FP16-16 122.6 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 245.1 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 61.29 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 122.6 TFLOPS	Tensor FP16-16 72.25 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 144.5 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 72.25 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 144.5 TFLOPS
BF16 30.64 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 61.29 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 122.6 TFLOPS	BF16 72.25 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 72.25 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 144.5 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 30.64 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 -
FP32 30.64 TFLOPS	FP32 36.13 TFLOPS
FP64 478.8 GFLOPS	FP64 1.13 TFLOPS
Tensor INT4 490.3 TOPS	Tensor INT4 578 TOPS
Tensor INT8 245.1 TOPS	Tensor INT8 289 TOPS
Ray 46.22 TOPS	Ray -
Pixel Rate 191.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 322.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 478.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 564.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 8,960 Shaders	Shaders 3,584 Shaders
TMUs 280 TMUs	TMUs 224 TMUs
ROPs 112 ROPs	ROPs 128 ROPs
Tensor Cores 280 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 112 T-Cores
RT Cores 70 RT-Cores	RT Cores 56 RT-Cores
SMs 70 SMs	CUs 56 CUs

Clocks

Base Clock 1.26GHz	Base Clock 2.21GHz
Boost Clock 1.71GHz	Boost Clock 2.52GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 5.1MB shared	L2 Cache 8.2MB shared
L3 Cache -	L3 Cache 64MB shared
L3 Bandwidth -	L3 Bandwidth 2.25TB/s

Memory

12GB GDDR6X	16GB GDDR6
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 256-bit
Memory Speed 19GT/s	Memory Speed 20GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 912.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 640GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 350W	TDP 220W
Max Temp 93°C Max	Max Temp -

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4	-
1x HDMI 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1

Encoder

Encoder Model NVENC 7

Encoder Model VCN 4.0

Decoder

Decoder Model NVDEC 5

Decoder Model VCN 4.0

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 2-Slots	PCIe 2.5-Slots
Height 112 mm (4.41") Width 285 mm (11.22") Depth 40 mm (1.57")	Height 111 mm (4.37") Width 267 mm (10.51") Depth 50 mm (1.97")
Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air 3x Fans
Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin	Power Connectors 2x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture Ampere	Architecture RDNA 4
Family GeForce 30	Family Radeon RX 9000
Branding	Branding
Codename NV172	Codename -
Chip Variant GA102-200-KD-A1	Chip Variant Navi 48 XL
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jan 27, 2022	Release Date Jan 6, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 8N	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 628mm²	Die Size 357mm²
Transistor Count 28.3 Billion	Transistor Count 53.9 Billion
Transistor Density 45.04 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 151.2 MTr/mm²

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