GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27475
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
15854
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
October 2022
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
12,000 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
8 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1710 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
240.0 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
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3