GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27475
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GM204
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
January 2022
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1260 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
-
CUDA cores
1664
-
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
350 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
478.8
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 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
4.4
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-