GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
January 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1350 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
7424
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
313.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Portable Device Dependent
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3