GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA104
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
478.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3