GeForce 6800 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27475
GeForce 6800
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV41
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1260 MHz
Core clock speed
325 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
-
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
478.8
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
3.0
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.06.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3