GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and GeForce RTX 5080 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
GeForce RTX 5080
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Blackwell 2.0
GPU code name
GA104
GB203
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
2025 (recently)
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 5.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
0 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
10752
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
846.7
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
160.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
9.1
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3