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NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB

In this graphics card comparison between the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB we compare both the technical data of the graphics cards and the results achieved in various benchmarks such as e.g. the 3DMark Time Spy Benchmark.

The NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada is based on the Ada Lovelace GPU architecture from NVIDIA. It has 32 GB of graphics memory of type GDDR6. Its clock frequency is 1.16 GHz with a TDP of 250 Watt.

The architecture used on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is the Ampere from NVIDIA. The chip of this graphics card has a clock frequency of 1.26 GHz. It can access 12 GB GDDR6X memory. The TDP of this graphics card is 350 Watt.

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Manufacturer: NVIDIA NVIDIA
Architecture: Ada Lovelace Ampere
Graphic type: Dedicated graphics Dedicated graphics
Chip NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Change graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Change graphics card
Graphics card chip: AD102 GA102
SM: 100 70
Raytracing cores: 100 70
Render Output Units: 176 112
Texture shader: 12800 8960
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Memory Size: 32 GB 12 GB
Memory Type: GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Clock: 2.25 GHz 1.19 GHz
Memory Interface: 256 bit 384 bit
Memory Bandwith: 576 GB/s 912 GB/s
Other data NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Change graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Change graphics card
TDP: 250 W 350 W
GPU Interface: PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
Raytracing: Yes Yes
DLSS / FSR: Yes Yes
Number of models: show 2 models show 59 models

3DMark Time Spy (graphics)

The 3DMark Time Spy Benchmark measures the gaming performance of a graphics card in a special course whose requirements are very similar to modern PC games. It is therefore ideal for assessing the practical performance of a graphics card.
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6
0 (0%)
18,214 (100%)

3DMark Time Spy (graphics) - Price-performance

In the Price-Performance Index, the points achieved in the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark are compared with the current price of the graphics card.
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6
0 P/$ (0%)
23 P/$ (100%)

3DMark Time Spy (graphics) - Efficiency

The points achieved in the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark divided by the energy consumption of the graphics card result in the efficiency rating of this graphics card. The higher the score, the more efficient a GPU is.
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6
0 P/W (0%)
52 P/W (100%)

FP32 rasterization performance

The raster performance of the graphics card at single precision in TFLOPS. The FP32 raw performance is a first indication of the graphics performance, but cannot be transferred 1:1 to the performance in computer games.
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6
65.3 TFLOPS (100%)
30.6 TFLOPS (47%)

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