amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores153.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
$349 • Mar 2012
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 175 W | 350 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 8960 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 70 |
| TMUs | 80 | 280 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 912.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.56 GFLOPS | 30.64 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 5.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 750 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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