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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

591%
591%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

19%
19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is approximately 572% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GA102
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
8704
2048
TMUsDifferent
272
128
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
10 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
320 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
GA102
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
GA102-200-KD-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Ampere
GCN 1.0
FoundryDifferent
Samsung
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
8 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
28,300 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
45.1M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
628 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-3328
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Sep 1st, 2020
Jun 22nd, 2012
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 17th, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 30
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 40
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
699 USD
499 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
103 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1440 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1710 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1188 MHz19 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
10 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
320 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
760.3 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
8704
2048
TMUsDifferent
272
128
ROPsDifferent
96
32
SM CountDifferent
68
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
272
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
68
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
5 MB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
164.2 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
465.1 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
29.77 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
285 mm11.2 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
112 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
320 W
300 W
Suggested PSU
700 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG132 SKU 30
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
8.6
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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