The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB graphics card wasn't shown at CES 2022 but it is real and headed for an unveil next week.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Graphics Card To Be Unveiled Next Week: More Memory & More Cores
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB was indeed planned for an unveil for CES but it was decided at the last minute to change that plan similar to how the RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB was pushed back from its original 17th December unveil. Now based on the information we have from our sources, the card will be unveiled next week on 11th January at 6 AM PST. There's no word on pricing and availability yet but we have heard that pre-orders or even sales will commence the same day.
NVIDIA RTX 3080 12 GB Graphics Card - What To Expect From The Latest Ampere
For the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, NVIDIA is expected to have enabled a total of 70 SM units which results in a total of 8960 CUDA cores, a 3% increase over the standard RTX 3080. In addition to the CUDA cores, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3080 also comes packed with next-generation RT (Ray-Tracing) cores, Tensor cores, and brand new SM or streaming multi-processor units. The card is suggested to have a TDP of 350W.
In terms of memory, the updated GeForce RTX 3080 comes packed with 12 GB of memory and that too is the next-generation GDDR6X design. With Micron's latest and greatest graphics memory dies, the RTX 3080 can deliver GDDR6X memory speeds of 19.0 Gbps. That along with a bus interface of 384-bit will deliver a cumulative bandwidth of 912 GB/s or a 20% increase over the 10 GB variant.
The reception of this card mostly depends on its pricing. While the MSRP of $699 US was never true for the GeForce RTX 3080, the same can be expected for the 12 GB variant. It will slide between the RTX 3080 10 GB and RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB graphics card so expect around $899-$999 US as an MSRP & realistic pricing should be expected over $1500 US. As for performance, the card may end up being really close to the RTX 3080 Ti at a lower price point.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Card Specifications
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Ampere GA102-350? | Ampere GA102-300 | Ampere GA102-225 | Ampere GA102-220 | Ampere GA102-200 | Ampere GA104-400 | Ampere GA104-300 | Ampere GA104 | Ampere GA104-200 Ampere GA103-200 | Ampere GA106-300 | Ampere GA106 | Ampere GA106-150 | Ampere GA107-325 |
| Process Node | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm |
| Die Size | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 395.2mm2 | 395.2mm2 | 395.2mm2 | 395.2mm2 (GA104) | 276mm2 | 276mm2 | 276mm2 (GA106) | 200mm2 (GA107) |
| Transistors | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion (GA104) | 13.2 Billion | 13.2 Billion | 13.2 Billion (GA106) | 8.7 Billion (GA107) |
| CUDA Cores | 10752 | 10496 | 10240 | 8960 | 8704 | 6144 | 5888 | 4864 | 4864 | 3584 | 3584 | 2560 | 2048 |
| TMUs / ROPs | 336 / 112 | 328 / 112 | 320 / 112 | 280 / 104 | 272 / 96 | 184 / 96 | 184 / 96 | 152 / 80 | 152 / 80 | 112 / 64 | 112 / 64 | 80 / 32 | TBD |
| Tensor / RT Cores | 336 / 84 | 328 / 82 | 320 / 80 | 280 / 70 | 272 / 68 | 184 / 46 | 184 / 46 | 152 / 38 | 152 / 38 | 112 / 28 | 112 / 28 | 80 / 20 | TBD |
| Base Clock | 1560 MHz | 1400 MHz | 1365 MHz | TBA | 1440 MHz | 1575 MHz | 1500 MHz | 1410 MHz | 1410 MHz | 1320 MHz | 1320 MHz | 1552 MHz | TBD |
| Boost Clock | 1860 MHz | 1700 MHz | 1665 MHz | TBA | 1710 MHz | 1770 MHz | 1730 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1780 MHz | 1780 MHz | 1777 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| FP32 Compute | 40 TFLOPs | 36 TFLOPs | 34 TFLOPs | TBA | 30 TFLOPs | 22 TFLOPs | 20 TFLOPs | 16 TFLOPs | 16 TFLOPs | 13 TFLOPs | 13 TFLOPs | 9.1 TFLOPs | TBD |
| RT TFLOPs | 74 RFLOPs | 69 TFLOPs | 67 TFLOPs | TBA | 58 TFLOPs | 44 TFLOPs | 40 TFLOPs | 32 TFLOPs | 32 TFLOPs | 25 TFLOPs | 25 TFLOPs | 18.2 TFLOPs | TBD |
| Tensor-TOPs | TBA | 285 TOPs | 273 TOPs | TBA | 238 TOPs | 183 TOPs | 163 TOPs | 192 TOPs | 192 TOPs | 101 TOPs | 101 TOPs | 72.8 TOPs | TBD |
| Memory Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 24 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X | 10 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 6 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 320-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 96-bit |
| Memory Speed | 21 Gbps | 19.5 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 15 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 1008 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 912 Gbps | 912 Gbps | 760 GB/s | 608 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 608 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 384 GB/s | 240 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 168 GB/s |
| TGP | 450W | 350W | 350W | 350W | 320W | 290W | 220W | 175W | 175W | 170W | 150W | 130W (GA106) 115W (GA107) | 70W |
| Price (MSRP / FE) | TBD | $1499 US | $1199 | $999 US? | $699 US | $599 US | $499 US | $399 US | $399 US | $329 US | TBD | $249 US | TBD |
| Launch (Availability) | 29th March 2022? | 24th September 2020 | 3rd June 2021 | 11th January 2022 | 17th September 2020 | 10th June, 2021 | 29th October 2020 | October 2022 | 2nd December 2020 | 25th February 2021 | October 2022 | 27th January 2022 | 2024 |
