GeForce RTX 3080 and Arc 7 A780 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080
Arc 7 A780
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Generation 12.7 (2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
DG2-512
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
2200 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
21,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
4096
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
200 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
563.2
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
17.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
559.6 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
-
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3