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GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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Key Differences

  • GeForce RTX 3080 has more CUDA Cores (8704 vs 4352).
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has more Memory size (11 GB vs 10 GB).
  • GeForce RTX 3080 has more Memory bandwidth (760.3 GB/s vs 616 GB/s).
  • Boost clock: GeForce RTX 3080 has 1,710 MHz; GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has 1,545 MHz.
  • TDP / TBP / board power: GeForce RTX 3080 has 320 W; GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has 250 W.
  • Architecture: GeForce RTX 3080 has Ampere; GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has Turing.
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Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.
Spec GeForce RTX 3080 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Architecture Ampere Turing
Generation / family GeForce RTX 30 Series GeForce RTX 20 Series
GPU codename GA102 TU102
Launch date 2020-09-01 2018-09-20
Market segment Desktop, High End in GeForce RTX 30 Series Desktop, Flagship in GeForce RTX 20 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node Samsung 8 nm TSMC 12 nm
Die size 628 mm² 754 mm²
Transistor count 28.3 billion 18.6 billion
GPU chip GA102 TU102
SM / multiprocessor count 68 68
CUDA Cores 8704 4352
Tensor Cores 272 544
RT Cores 68 68
ROPs 96 88
TMUs 272 272
Clocks
Base / Core clock 1,440 MHz 1,350 MHz
Boost clock 1,710 MHz 1,545 MHz
Memory clock 1,188 MHz 1,750 MHz
Memory
Memory size 10 GB 11 GB
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory bus width 320-bit 352-bit
Memory bandwidth 760.3 GB/s 616 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 320 W 250 W
Recommended PSU 700 W 600 W
Power connectors 1x 12-pin 2x 8-pin
Slot width Dual-slot, 285 mm length, 40 mm width Dual-slot, 267 mm length, 35 mm width
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 8.6 7.5
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 29.77 TFLOPS 13.45 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 29.77 TFLOPS 26.9 TFLOPS

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