NVIDIA · 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is a graphics card released in 2020, based on the Ampere architecture and GA102-200 GPU.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is a high-performance graphics card launched on September 17, 2020, with a launch MSRP of 699 USD. It is built on the Ampere architecture using an 8 nm process node and features the GA102-200 GPU chip. The card includes 8704 shading units, 68 ray tracing cores, and 272 Tensor/AI cores, with base and boost clocks of 1440 MHz and 1710 MHz respectively. It comes with 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus, delivering a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s. The board power (TDP) is 320 W, and it uses a PCI Express 4.0 bus interface. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.3, and OpenGL 4.6. The RTX 3080 succeeds the GeForce RTX 2080 and was succeeded by the GeForce RTX 4080.
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | Ampere |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | GA102-200 |
| Process node unverified | 8 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 8704 |
| Ray tracing cores unverified | 68 |
| Tensor / AI cores unverified | 272 |
| Base clock unverified | 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock unverified | 1710 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 10 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR6X |
| Memory bus unverified | 320 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 760 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 320 W |
| Bus interface unverified | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DirectX support unverified | 12 Ultimate |
| Vulkan support unverified | 1.3 |
| OpenGL support unverified | 4.6 |
| Release date | 2020-09-17 |
| Release year | 2020 |
| Launch MSRP | 699 USD |
| Successor unverified | GeForce RTX 4080 |
| Predecessor unverified | GeForce RTX 2080 |