GeForce GTX 950 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 950 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce GTX 950
5498
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27475
GeForce GTX 950
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GM206
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2015
January 2022
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
1260 MHz
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
-
CUDA cores
768
-
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
478.8
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-