GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1260 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8960
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
478.8
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1710 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3