NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 320 Watt
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
  • Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Launch date 1 Sep 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 8704 vs 3584
  • Around 97% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17755 vs 9000
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1040 vs 960
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25228 vs 16984
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1440 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Texture fill rate 465.1 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 8704 vs 3584
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17755 vs 9000
PassMark - G2D Mark 1040 vs 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 25228 vs 16984

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
9000
17755
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
960
1040
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16984
25228
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9000 17755
PassMark - G2D Mark 960 1040
PassMark - G3D Mark 16984 25228
Geekbench - OpenCL 167014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA104 GA102
Launch date 1 Sep 2021 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $699
Place in performance rating 52 55
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 8704
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 320 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 10 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 320 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X