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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

    • GeForce RTX 4090
      179%
    • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
      142%
    • Radeon RX 6950 XT
      124%
    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      117%
    • GeForce RTX 3090
      107%
    • Radeon RX 6900 XT
      104%
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      101%
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      100%
    • Radeon RX 6800 XT
      97%
    • GeForce RTX 3080
      97%
    • Radeon RX 6800
      87%
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      84%
    • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
      81%
    • GeForce RTX 3070
      75%
    • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
      75%
    • Radeon RX 6700 XT
      74%
    • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
      68%
    • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
      67%
    • Radeon RX 6650 XT
      64%
    • GeForce RTX 2080
      62%
    • Radeon RX 5700 XT
      61%
    • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
      58%
    • Radeon RX 6600 XT
      57%
    • Radeon RX 5700
      57%
    • GeForce RTX 3060
      53%
    • GeForce RTX 2070
      52%
    • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
      51%
    • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
      50%
    • Radeon RX 5600 XT
      50%
    • Radeon RX 6600
      48%
    • Radeon RX Vega 64
      47%
    • Radeon RX Vega 56
      45%
    • GeForce GTX 1080
      41%
    • Radeon RX 6500 XT
      35%
    • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
      34%
    • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
      34%
    • GeForce GTX 1070
      33%
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      31%
    • Radeon RX 590
      31%
    • Radeon RX 6400
      29%
    • Radeon RX 580
      28%
    • Radeon RX 480
      27%
    • Radeon RX 570
      26%

    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 6750 XTGeForce RTX 3090 TiGeForce RTX 3080 TiRadeon RX 6900 XT
    GeForce RTX 3080 12 GBRadeon RX 6750 XTGeForce RTX 3090 TiGeForce RTX 3080 TiRadeon RX 6900 XT
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    Shader units8960256010752102405120
    ROPs9664112112128
    Graphics processorGA102Navi 22GA102GA102Navi 21
    Process size8 nm7 nm8 nm8 nm7 nm
    Memory12288 Mb GDDR6X (1188 MHz
    19 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)    		16384 Mb GDDR6 (2000 MHz
    16 Gbps effective)
    Memory bus width384 bit192 bit384 bit384 bit256 bit
    Memory bandwidth912.40 Gb/s432.00 Gb/s1008.00 Gb/s912.40 Gb/s512.00 Gb/s
    Release date11 Jan 20223 Mar 202227 Jan 202231 May 202128 Oct 2020

    Benchmarks

    Hitman III

    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      308
    • Radeon RX 6900 XT
      266
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      252
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      250
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      247

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman III

    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      236
    • Radeon RX 6900 XT
      217
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      214
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      211
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      170

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman III

    • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
      141
    • Radeon RX 6900 XT
      126
    • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
      125
    • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
      118
    • Radeon RX 6750 XT
      88

    FPS (higher is better)