GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 4080
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
AD103-300-A1
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2022
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 16-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
2505 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
2205 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
45,900 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
9728
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
761.5
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
22400 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
716.8 GB/s
360.0 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
8.9
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3