GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs RTX 3080

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking26not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Cost-effectiveness evaluation46.30no data
Power efficiency14.02no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $329

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 cores87043584
Core clock speed1440 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)320 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate465.1199.0
Floating-point processing power29.77 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs272112
Tensor Cores272112
Ray Tracing Cores6828

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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount10 GB12 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth760.3 GB/s360.0 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, 3x DisplayPort1x 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 Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2020 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 320 Watt 170 Watt

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 88.2% lower power consumption.

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