Nvidia told that the Ampere GPU-powered RTX 30-series GPUs would be the company’s “greatest generational leap” ever, and it wasn’t exaggerating. The $699 GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition absolutely suppresses its predecessors in technology and performance. It’s one of the best graphics card upgrades in a long, long time. Know its specs and benchmark details.
The flagship card in Nvidia’s Ampere line is officially due out on September 17. Online retailer Newegg has tweeted that it will be selling Nvidia RTX 3080 cards from 6 am, “They are in HIGH demand so be ready to purchase as they will be flying off our digital shelves.”
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NVIDIA AMPERE ARCHITECTURE
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
The GeForce RTX™ 3080 delivers the ultra-performance that gamers crave, powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture. It’s built with enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and superfast G6X memory for an amazing gaming experience.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 Founders Edition benchmarks
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GEFORCE RTX 3080 Specs
GPU Engine Specs: | NVIDIA CUDA® Cores | 8704 |
Boost Clock (GHz) | 1.71 | |
Base Clock (GHz) | 1.44 | |
Memory Specs: | Standard Memory Config | 10 GB GDDR6X |
Memory Interface Width | 320-bit | |
Technology Support: | Ray Tracing Cores | 2nd Generation |
Tensor Cores | 3rd Generation | |
NVIDIA Architecture | Ampere | |
Microsoft DirectX® 12 Ultimate | Yes | |
NVIDIA DLSS | Yes | |
PCI Express Gen 4 | Yes | |
NVIDIA® GeForce Experience™ | Yes | |
NVIDIA Ansel | Yes | |
NVIDIA FreeStyle | Yes | |
NVIDIA ShadowPlay | Yes | |
NVIDIA Highlights | Yes | |
NVIDIA G-SYNC® | Yes | |
Game Ready Drivers | Yes | |
NVIDIA Studio Drivers | Yes | |
NVIDIA GPU Boost™ | Yes | |
NVIDIA NVLink™ (SLI-Ready) | – | |
Vulkan RT API, OpenGL 4.6 | Yes | |
HDMI 2.1 | Yes | |
DisplayPort 1.4a | Yes | |
NVIDIA Encoder | 7th Generation | |
NVIDIA Decoder | 5th Generation | |
VR Ready | Yes | |
Display Support: | Maximum Digital Resolution (1) | 7680×4320 |
Standard Display Connectors | HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | |
Multi Monitor | 4 | |
HDCP | 2.3 | |
Founders Edition Card Dimensions: | Length | 11.2″ (285 mm) |
Width | 4.4″ (112 mm) | |
Slot | 2-Slot | |
Founders Edition Thermal Power Specs: | Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) | 93 |
Graphics Card Power (W) | 320 | |
Required System Power (W) (2) | 750 | |
Supplementary Power Connectors | 2x PCIe 8-pin (adapter to 1x 12-pin included) |