NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 10GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3080 and 12GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 's Advantages
Lower TDP (320W vs 350W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 4 months late
More VRAM (12GB vs 10GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (912.4GB/s vs 760.3GB/s)
256 additional rendering cores
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3080
29.77 TFLOPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+2%
30.64 TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3080
17662
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+5%
18647
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 3080
8879
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+5%
9411
3DMark Speed Way
GeForce RTX 3080
4633
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+9%
5089
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3080
79
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+11%
88
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3080
139
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+8%
151
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3080
181
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+5%
191
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 3080
61
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
61
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 3080
72
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
72
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 3080
106
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
106
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3080
107
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+1%
109
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3080
162
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+13%
184
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3080
190
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+4%
198
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3080
92
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+2%
94
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3080
141
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
142
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3080
172
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
172
Graphics Card
Sep 2020
Release Date
Jan 2022
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1440 MHz
Base Clock
1260 MHz
1710 MHz
Boost Clock
1710 MHz
1188 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
Memory
10GB
Memory Size
12GB
GDDR6X
Memory Type
GDDR6X
320bit
Memory Bus
384bit
760.3GB/s
Bandwidth
912.4GB/s
Render Config
-
-
-
68
SM Count
70
8704
Shading Units
8960
272
TMUs
280
96
ROPs
96
272
Tensor Cores
280
68
RT Cores
70
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
5 MB
L2 Cache
6 MB
-
-
-
Theoretical Performance
164.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
164.2 GPixel/s
465.1 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
478.8 GTexel/s
29.77 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
30.64 TFLOPS
29.77 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
30.64 TFLOPS
465.1 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
478.8 GFLOPS
Board Design
320W
TDP
350W
700 W
Suggested PSU
750 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
GA102
GPU Name
GA102
GA102-200-KD-A1
GPU Variant
GA102-220-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Samsung
Foundry
Samsung
8 nm
Process Size
8 nm
28.3 billion
Transistors
28.3 billion
628 mm²
Die Size
628 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
8.6
6.6
Shader Model
6.8
