GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 3080
26043
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
January 2021
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
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
13,250 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
12 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2