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NVIDIA · Ampere (derived from codename prefix) · 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB: 12 GB GDDR6X, 350 W, 8,960 CUDA cores. Launched January 11, 2022 at $799.

Memory
12 GB
Power
350 W
Bus width
384 bit
Memory12 GB19 of 77 in GeForce RTX
Power350 W8 of 66 by higher draw in GeForce RTX
CUDA cores8,96014 of 78 in GeForce RTX
Launch price$79914 of 54 in GeForce RTX

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Memory

Capacity
12 GB
Memory type
GDDR6X
Bus width
384 bit
Memory clock
1,188 MHz
Bandwidth
912.4 GB/s

Compute

CUDA cores
8,960
SM count
70
TMUs
280
ROPs
96
FP32
22,579 GFLOPS
FP64
353 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
120.96 GP/s
Texture fill rate
352.8 GT/s

Clocks

Boost clock
1,260 MHz

Board

TDP
350 W
Bus interface
PCIe 4 x16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
799 USD

Physical

Architecture
Ampere (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GA102-220-A1
Transistors
28.3 billion
Die size
628.4 mm²
Series
GeForce RTX
Launch date
January 11, 2022

Not recorded by the source: generation, process, base clock and external power required.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

628.4 mm² die · 8,960 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 64 shaders.628.4 mm² die · 8,960 shadersEach dot = 64 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB ranks 23rd of 66 for FP32 throughput and 19th of 77 for memory capacity. Its 350 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16