GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 2080
19364
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27475
GeForce RTX 2080
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Turing TU104
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2018
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
1260 MHz
Core clock speed
1515 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,600 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2944
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
314.6
478.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3
VR Ready
+
-