Today NVIDIA lifts the embargo on GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition.
Reviews of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
For reasons unknown, NVIDIA decided to split the review embargo for Founders Edition (lifting today) and board partners’ card reviews (lifting tomorrow). Today we can only read reviews of NVIDIA’s own model.
NVIDIA Founders Edition for Ampere series is not, so to speak, a reference design. This graphics card will only be sold by NVIDIA and it will feature special features, such as its own board design and Molex Microfit (12-pin) power connectors.
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Specifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | RTX 3090 | RTX 3080 | RTX 3070 |
| Picture |  |  |  |
| Board | PG136 / PG132 SKU 30 | PG133 / PG132 SKU 10 | PG141 / PG142 SKU 10 |
| GPU | 8nm GA102-300 | 8nm GA102-200 | 8nm GA104-300 |
| Die Size | 628 mm 2 | 628 mm 2 | 392 mm 2 |
| Transistors | 28.3 B | 28.3 B | 17.4 B |
| CUDA : Tensor : RT Cores | 10496 : 328 : 82 | 8704 : 272 : 68 | 5888 : 184 : 46 |
| Base Clock | 1395 MHz | 1440 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1695 MHz | 1710 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Shader Perf. | 35.6 TFLOPS | 29.8 TFLOPS | 20.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory | 24 GB G6X | 10 GB G6X | 8 GB G6 |
| Memory Clock | 19.5 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 320-bit | 256-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 936 GB/s | 760 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Thermal Design | 350W | 320W | 220W |
| MSRP | $1,499 | $699 | $499 |
| Release Date | September 24th | September 17th | October 15th |