NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 3080 12 GB
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz
- Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 478.8 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
- Around 84% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 4864
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1087 vs 989
- Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26568 vs 20394
- 7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 18806 vs 2671
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 11 Jan 2022 vs 1 Dec 2020 |
| Boost clock speed | 1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 478.8 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 8960 vs 4864 |
| Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 8 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1087 vs 989 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 26568 vs 20394 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 18806 vs 2671 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1260 MHz
- Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 350 Watt
- Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz vs 1260 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt vs 350 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1087 | 989 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 26568 | 20394 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 18806 | 2671 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 109075 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 323.141 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 4756.579 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 35.311 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 150.943 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1474.189 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 27478 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 27478 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| Code name | GA102 | GA104 |
| Launch date | 11 Jan 2022 | 1 Dec 2020 |
| Place in performance rating | 5 | 104 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1710 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1260 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 478.8 GFLOPS (1:64) | 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 30.64 TFLOPS (1:1) | 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 30.64 TFLOPS | 16.20 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 8960 | 4864 |
| Pixel fill rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 133.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 478.8 GTexel/s | 253.1 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 350 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Transistor count | 28300 million | 17400 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Height | 40 mm, 1.6 inches | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 285 mm, 11.2 inches | 242 mm (9.5 inches) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 750 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | 112 mm (4.4 inches) |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 912.4 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
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