NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1755 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 800.3 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Around 63% higher pipelines: 14592 vs 8960
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
6.7x more maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 12 GB
Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 11 Jan 2022
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	800.3 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	14592 vs 8960
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	80 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1260 MHz vs 1095 MHz

Core clock speed	1260 MHz vs 1095 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Name	NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	281702
PassMark - G2D Mark		1084
PassMark - G3D Mark		26615
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18806

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Hopper	Ampere
Code name	GH100	GA102
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	3	4
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	14592	8960
Pixel fill rate	42.12 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	800.3 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	80000 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	268 mm, 10.6 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	80 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	2,039 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X