GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X vs RTX 3080 12 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking25not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation40.98no data
Power efficiency13.55no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 January 2022 (2 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores89603584
Core clock speed1260 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1710 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt195 Watt
Texture fill rate478.8199.0
Floating-point processing power30.64 TFLOPSno data
ROPs9648
TMUs280112
Tensor Cores280no data
Ray Tracing Cores70no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length285 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount12 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth912.4 GB/s304.1 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 195 Watt

RTX 3080 12 GB has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3060 GDDR6X, on the other hand, has 79.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
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