nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 350 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 912.4 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 8960 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | 70 | N/A |
| TMUs | 280 | 104 |
| ROPs | 96 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 912.4 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 30.64 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 28300 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 750 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
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