GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs ATI Radeon 7000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1604	37
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	42.52
Power efficiency	no data	13.95
Architecture	Rage 6 (2000−2007)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	RV100	GA102
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	19 February 2001 (24 years ago)	11 January 2022 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	no data	8960
Core clock speed	183 MHz	1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	30 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	350 Watt
Texture fill rate	0.55	478.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	30.64 TFLOPS
ROPs	1	96
TMUs	3	280
Tensor Cores	no data	280
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	70
L1 Cache	no data	8.8 MB
L2 Cache	no data	6 MB

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).

Interface	AGP 4x	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	285 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	DDR	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	183 MHz	1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth	2.928 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	7.0	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	1.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	no data	182
1440p	no data	121
4K	no data	82

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	4.39
1440p	no data	6.60
4K	no data	9.74

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 February 2001	11 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	12 GB
Chip lithography	180 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	350 Watt

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