GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
December 1999
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1667 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1370 MHz
120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
17 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
10240
-
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
532.8
0.48
Memory type
GDDR6X
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x VGA
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
7.0
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
3.0
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
-
Vulkan
1.2
N/A