GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs Go 6600 TE

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated25
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data40.88
Power efficiencyno data13.74
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV43 A2GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2005 (19 years ago)11 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data8960
Core clock speed225 MHz1260 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors146 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rate1.800478.8
Floating-point processing powerno data30.64 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs8280
Tensor Coresno data280
Ray Tracing Coresno data70

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount128 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s912.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2005 11 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 8 nm

RTX 3080 12 GB has an age advantage of 16 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6600 TE and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce Go 6600 TE is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a desktop one.


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