NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1710 MHz
2x more pipelines: 18176 vs 8960
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28492 vs 26615

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Dec 2022 vs 11 Jan 2022
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 8960
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	28492 vs 26615

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1260 MHz vs 915 MHz
336.5x more texture fill rate: 478.8 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1084 vs 960

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1260 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1084 vs 960

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

960

1084

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28492

26615

Name	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	960	1084
PassMark - G3D Mark	28492	26615
Geekbench - OpenCL	316490
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18806

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA102
Launch date	3 Dec 2022	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	5	4
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	18176	8960
Pixel fill rate	481.0 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	76300 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	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	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	267 mm, 10.5 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-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 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X