NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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GeForce RTX 3060 compared with GeForce RTX 5080

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5080
Overview
Released
Released	February 2021	January 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,584	10,752
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,780 MHz	2,617 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost partner card. NVIDIA announced worldwide partner availability of the 8 GB revision from November 2022.	GB203 GPU; 84 SMs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	8 nm (Gainward Ghost datasheet)	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	1.32 GHz; NVIDIA rounds boost to 1.78 GHz, while Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus both specify 1,777 MHz	2.30 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	12 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR7
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit or 128-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s or 240 GB/s	960 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	15 Gbps GDDR6. Original 12 GB is 192-bit with 360 GB/s bandwidth (Gainward Ghost); later 8 GB is 128-bit with 240 GB/s (Gainward Pegasus).	GDDR7 at 30 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	170 W (better)	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; check the chosen partner card	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	Varies by partner card; Gainward's 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus each specify 1 × PCIe 8-pin	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	550 W on NVIDIA's reference specification, based on an Intel Core i9-10900K system	850 W
Slot width
Slot width	Varies by partner card; no Founders Edition model	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	–	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