GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 5080 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 5080
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Blackwell 2.0
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
GB203
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 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
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
0 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
-
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
15000 MHz
5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
160.0 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
9.1
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3