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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

AMD Radeon R9 270X

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

827%
827%

AMD Radeon R9 270X

13%
13%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is approximately 814% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GA102
Curacao
CoresDifferent
8704
1280
TMUsDifferent
272
80
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
10 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
320 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU NameDifferent
GA102
Curacao
GPU VariantDifferent
GA102-200-KD-A1
Curacao XT(215-0848004)
ArchitectureDifferent
Ampere
GCN 1.0
FoundryDifferent
Samsung
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
8 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
28,300 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
45.1M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
628 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-3328
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
Release DateDifferent
Sep 1st, 2020
Oct 8th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 17th, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 30
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 40
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
699 USD
199 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
103 in our database
90 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
Base ClockDifferent
1440 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1710 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1188 MHz19 Gbps effective
1400 MHz5.6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
Memory SizeDifferent
10 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
320 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
760.3 GB/s
179.2 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
Shading UnitsDifferent
8704
1280
TMUsDifferent
272
80
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
512 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
20

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
Pixel RateDifferent
164.2 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
465.1 GTexel/s
84.00 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
29.77 TFLOPS
2.688 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
285 mm11.2 inches
241 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
112 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
320 W
180 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 12-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG132 SKU 30
C631, 109-C63257-00A_02, 109-C63257-12_02

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon R9 270X
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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GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Performance111%

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance107%

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Radeon RX 7900 GRE Performance106%

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GeForce GTX 960 Performance119%

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GeForce GTX 670 Performance116%

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Radeon HD 5970 Performance105%

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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 1630

GeForce GTX 1630 Performance105%

GeForce GTX 1630 is 5% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 1050

GeForce GTX 1050 Performance103%

GeForce GTX 1050 is 3% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 760

GeForce GTX 760 Performance102%

GeForce GTX 760 is 2% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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