GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3070
23060
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27475
GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA104
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1725 MHz
1260 MHz
Core clock speed
1500 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
220 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
317.4
478.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 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
8.5
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3