GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and GeForce RTX 4080 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
GeForce RTX 4080
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD103-300-A1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2021
September 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2505 MHz
Core clock speed
-
2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
45,900 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
9728
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
320 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
761.5
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
22400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
716.8 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
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3