Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 12GB was expected to launch at CES 2022 but at the last moment, Nvidia decided to change the date just like Nvidia RTX 3070Ti 16GB, which was expected to reveal on 17 December 2021. Now based on the information we got from online sources, the GPU will be revealed next week on 11 January 2022 at 6 AM PST. There is no information on certain prices and availability but as per the sources, the pre-orders or even sales of RTX 3080 12 GB will commence the same day.
What we can Expect From The Latest NVIDIA RTX 3080 12 GB Graphics Card
NVIDIA is expected to have enabled all 70 SM units for the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which has a total number of 8960 CUDA cores, a 3% increase over the standard RTX 3080. GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is also packed with next-generation RT (Ray-Tracing) cores, Tensor cores, and brand-new SM or streaming multi-processor units. The card is suggested to be power-hungry which can consume a TDP of 350W.
GeForce RTX 3080 is packed with 12GB GDDR6X memory. With the help of Micron’s latest and greatest graphics memory dies, the RTX 3080 can boost GDDR6X memory speeds up to 19.0 Gbps. It has a bus interface of 384-bit which delivers a cumulative bandwidth of 912 GB/s or a 20% increase over the old card variant.
The main focus of this card is its pricing. While the MSRP of $699 US was not true for GeForce RTX 3080 because it was sold at a very high price. We can expect the same from the new GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB. It is in between GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB so we can expect the cost of GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be around $899-$999. And because of availability, we can expect the price can go above $1500. As for the performance GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB can go close to its Ti variant GeForce RTX 3080Ti 12 GB.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 ‘SUPER’ 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 16 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Ampere GA102-350? | Ampere GA102-300 | Ampere GA102-225 | Ampere GA102-220? | Ampere GA102-200 | Ampere GA104-400 | Ampere GA104-400 | Ampere GA104-300 | Ampere GA104-200 | Ampere GA106-300 | Ampere GA106-150 |
| Process Node | 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 | 276mm2 | 276mm2 |
| Transistors | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 13.2 Billion | 13.2 Billion |
| CUDA Cores | 10752 | 10496 | 10240 | 8960 | 8704 | 6144 | 6144 | 5888 | 4864 | 3584 | 2560 |
| TMUs / ROPs | 336 / 112 | 328 / 112 | 320 / 112 | 280 / 104 | 272 / 96 | 184 / 96 | 184 / 96 | 184 / 96 | 152 / 80 | 112 / 64 | TBC |
| Tensor / RT Cores | 336 / 84 | 328 / 82 | 320 / 80 | 280 / 70 | 272 / 68 | 184 / 46 | 184 / 46 | 184 / 46 | 152 / 38 | 112 / 28 | TBC |
| Base Clock | 1560 MHz | 1400 MHz | 1365 MHz | TBA | 1440 MHz | TBA | 1575 MHz | 1500 MHz | 1410 MHz | 1320 MHz | TBC |
| Boost Clock | 1860 MHz | 1700 MHz | 1665 MHz | TBA | 1710 MHz | TBA | 1770 MHz | 1730 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1780 MHz | TBC |
| FP32 Compute | 40 TFLOPs | 36 TFLOPs | 34 TFLOPs | TBA | 30 TFLOPs | TBA | 22 TFLOPs | 20 TFLOPs | 16 TFLOPs | 13 TFLOPs | TBC |
| RT TFLOPs | 74 RFLOPs | 69 TFLOPs | 67 TFLOPs | TBA | 58 TFLOPs | TBA | 44 TFLOPs | 40 TFLOPs | 32 TFLOPs | 25 TFLOPs | TBC |
| Tensor-TOPs | TBA | 285 TOPs | 273 TOPs | TBA | 238 TOPs | TBA | 183 TOPs | 163 TOPs | 192 TOPs | 101 TOPs | TBC |
| Memory Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 24 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X | 10 GB GDDR6X | 16 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 320-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Speed | 21 Gbps | 19.5 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 21 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 1008 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 912 Gbps | 912 Gbps | 760 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 608 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 384 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
| TGP | 450W | 350W | 350W | 350W | 320W | ~300W | 290W | 220W | 175W | 170W | 130W |
| Price (MSRP / FE) | $1499 US | $1499 US | $1199 | $999 US? | $699 US | $599 US? | $599 US | $499 US | $399 US | $329 US | $279 US? |
| Launch (Availability) | 27th January 2022 | 24th September 2020 | 3rd June 2021 | Q1 2022? | 17th September 2020 | Q1 2022? | 10th June 2021 | 29th October 2020 | 2nd December 2020 | 25th February 2021 | 27th January 2022 |
