NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and NVIDIA GeForce3 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Videocard is newer: launch date 21 year(s) 6 month(s) later
11x more core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 200 MHz
475937.5x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 150 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 64 MB
6.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 230 MHz
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 120
6900x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 230 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236 vs 120
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1236

120

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236	120
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500	5
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Kelvin
Code name	AD103	NV20 A5
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	27 February 2001
Place in performance rating	14	1307
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	150 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9728
Pixel fill rate	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches	165 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	8.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	230 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	SDR