A800 PCIe 80 GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking100not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation32.35no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGA106GA100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2022 (1 year ago)8 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Current price$384 no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores35846912
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate199.0609.1

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount8 GB80 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed15 GB/s3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth240.0 GB/s1,935 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.68.0

Pros & Cons Summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 250 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
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