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    GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Overview

    GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
    Release date: 11 Jan 2022
    GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

    Core Configuration

    GPU GA102
    Architecture Nvidia_Ampere
    Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 8960 : 280 : 96
    Tensor Cores 280
    Raytracing Cores 70
    Performance 30640.00 GFLOPs

    Memory Configuration

    Memory Size 12288 Mb
    Memory Bus Width 384 bit
    Memory Speed 1188 MHz
    19 Gbps effective
    Memory Bandwidth 912.40 Gb/s

    Summary

    Relative performance

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      115%
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      112%
    • GeForce RTX 3090
      107%
    • Radeon RX 6900 XT
      103%
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      100%
    • Radeon RX 6800 XT
      97%
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      97%
    • GeForce RTX 3080
      90%
    • Radeon RX 6800
      89%
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      84%
    • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
      80%
    • GeForce RTX 3070
      76%
    • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
      73%
    • Radeon RX 6700 XT
      72%
    • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
      69%
    • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
      66%
    • GeForce RTX 2080
      63%
    • Radeon RX 6650 XT
      62%
    • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
      60%
    • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
      59%
    • Radeon RX 5700 XT
      59%
    • Radeon RX 6600 XT
      57%
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
      56%
    • GeForce RTX 3060
      54%
    • Radeon VII
      54%
    • GeForce RTX 2070
      53%
    • Radeon RX 5700
      53%
    • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
      52%
    • Radeon RX Vega 64
      49%
    • GeForce RTX 2060
      46%
    • Radeon RX 5600 XT
      44%
    • Radeon RX 6600
      44%
    • GeForce GTX 1080
      44%
    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      40%
    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      37%
    • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
      37%
    • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
      37%
    • Radeon RX Vega 56
      35%
    • GeForce GTX 1070
      34%
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      32%
    • Radeon RX 590
      32%
    • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
      29%
    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      29%
    • Radeon RX 580
      28%
    • Radeon RX 480
      26%
    • Radeon RX 470
      25%
    • Radeon RX 570
      25%
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      25%
    • Radeon R9 390X
      24%
    • Radeon R9 FURY X
      24%
    • Radeon R9 FURY
      22%
    • GeForce GTX 980
      22%
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      21%
    • Radeon RX 6500 XT
      20%
    • GeForce GTX 1650
      19%
    • GeForce GTX 970
      18%
    • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
      14%
    • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
      12%

    Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

    The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 11 Jan 2022. The graphics card houses the GA102 die, based on the Nvidia_Ampere architecture which packs 28,300 million transistors on a 8 nm, 628 mm2 die.

    GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB pros and cons

    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
    Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

    Specifications


    Compared to similar performing cards

    GeForce RTX 3080 12 GBRadeon RX 6950 XTRadeon RX 6750 XTGeForce RTX 3090 TiGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    GeForce RTX 3080 12 GBRadeon RX 6950 XTRadeon RX 6750 XTGeForce RTX 3090 TiGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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    Shader units8960512025601075210240
    ROPs9612864112112
    Graphics processorGA102Navi 21Navi 22GA102GA102
    Process size8 nm7 nm7 nm8 nm8 nm
    Memory12288 Mb GDDR6X (1188 MHz
    19 Gbps effective)    		16384 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
    18 Gbps effective)    		12288 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
    18 Gbps effective)    		24576 Mb GDDR6X (1313 MHz
    21 Gbps effective)    		12288 Mb GDDR6X (1188 MHz
    19 Gbps effective)
    Memory bus width384 bit256 bit192 bit384 bit384 bit
    Memory bandwidth912.40 Gb/s576.00 Gb/s432.00 Gb/s1008.00 Gb/s912.40 Gb/s
    Release date11 Jan 202210 May 20223 Mar 202227 Jan 202231 May 2021

    Benchmarks

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      228
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      221
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      184
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      179
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      177

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      185
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      184
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      162
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      157
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      122

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      108
    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      98
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      96
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      95
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      62

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      125
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      125
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      121
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      111
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      109

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      122
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      120
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      105
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      103
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      102

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      91
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      89
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      79
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      78
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      56

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      349
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      334
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      303
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      292
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      259

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      292
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      271
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      237
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      211
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      195

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      183
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      170
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      145
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      139
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      111

    FPS (higher is better)

    Forza Horizon 5

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      128
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      125
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      116
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      114
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      111

    FPS (higher is better)

    Forza Horizon 5

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      117
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      113
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      105
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      103
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      92

    FPS (higher is better)

    Forza Horizon 5

    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      90
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      88
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      81
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      80
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      60

    FPS (higher is better)