GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and Arc A780 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Arc A780
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Generation 12.7 (2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
DG2-512
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1260 MHz
2200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
21,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8960
4096
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
200 Watt
Texture fill rate
478.8
563.2
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1710 MHz
17.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
559.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3