NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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GeForce RTX 3060 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 5080

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5080
Overview
Released
Released	December 2020	January 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	4,864	10,752
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,670 MHz	2,617 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference specifications; photo shows Gainward's original GDDR6 Ghost partner card, whose cooler and dimensions differ from the Founders Edition. NVIDIA announced worldwide partner availability of the GDDR6X revision from November 2022.	GB203 GPU; 84 SMs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 45.6 billion transistors; 378 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Second-generation RT Cores	84 fourth-generation RT Cores; 171 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Third-generation Tensor Cores	336 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 1801 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1.41 GHz; NVIDIA rounds boost to 1.67 GHz. Gainward's original Ghost and PNY's GDDR6X VERTO both specify 1,665 MHz boost.	2.30 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6X	16 GB GDDR7 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s or 608 GB/s	960 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	Original GDDR6 is 14 Gbps and 448 GB/s (Gainward Ghost); later GDDR6X is 19 Gbps and 608 GB/s (PNY stock-clock VERTO). Both have 8 GB on a 256-bit bus.	GDDR7 at 30 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	200 W or –	360 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (original GDDR6 Founders Edition); check the maker for GDDR6X partner cards	1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W for the original Founders Edition. NVIDIA's current table lists 200 W card power without separating memory revisions; PNY publishes 225 W and a 650 W system recommendation for its GDDR6X VERTO. Its board power is not treated as a verified universal GDDR6X reference figure.	850 W
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (original GDDR6 Founders Edition); GDDR6X partner cards vary	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (original GDDR6 Founders Edition); no separate GDDR6X reference geometry verified	304 × 137 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode	2 × ninth-generation NVENC, 2 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode