GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce RTX 3080
26043
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
15854
GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
240.0 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
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3