NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB vs NVIDIA A10G 24GB

The A10G delivers 14% more FP16 throughput than the GeForce RTX 3080 (70 vs 61 TFLOPS dense). The A10G also carries 12 GB more memory (24 GB vs 12 GB).

GeForce RTX 3080: Ampere, 2022 A10G: Ampere, 2022
FP16 dense lead
+14%
A10G: 70 vs 61 TFLOPS
VRAM
12 vs 24 GB
12 GB more for the A10G
TDP
350 W vs 300 W
A10G draws 50 W less

Specifications

GeForce RTX 3080
A10G
Architecture
AmpereAmpere
Launch Year
20222022
Form Factor
PCIePCIe
VRAM
12 GB24 GB
Memory Bandwidth
600 GB/s
TDP
350 W300 W
Process Node
8nm8nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

GeForce RTX 3080
A10G
FP64
0.5 TFlops No verified data available
FP32
30.6 TFlops 35.0 TFlops
TF32
30.6 TFlops
61.3 TFLOPS sparse
35.0 TFlops
sparse not published
BF16
61.3 TFlops
122.6 TFLOPS sparse
70.0 TFlops
sparse not published
FP16
61.3 TFlops
122.6 TFLOPS sparse
70.0 TFlops
sparse not published
FP8
No verified data available No verified data available
FP6
No verified data available No verified data available
FP4
No verified data available No verified data available
INT8
245.2 TFlops
490.3 TOPS sparse
140.0 TFlops
sparse not published

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

Both GPUs launched in 2022: the GeForce RTX 3080 on Ampere and the A10G on Ampere.

Dense throughput for the GeForce RTX 3080 against the A10G: FP32 31 vs 35 TFLOPS, FP16 61 vs 70 TFLOPS. Sparse figures, where the vendor publishes them, appear under each dense number in the performance table.

Memory is 12 GB against 24 GB. More memory per GPU means larger models fit before you have to shard across cards, which often matters more than raw TFLOPS for inference.

Power budgets are 350 W for the GeForce RTX 3080 and 300 W for the A10G. At FP32 that works out to 0.09 against 0.12 TFLOPS per watt.

For LLM training and inference, weight the FP8 and FP16 rows and memory capacity most heavily. For scientific and HPC workloads, the FP64 row is the one to read.

Frequently asked questions

Is the GeForce RTX 3080 faster than the A10G?

At FP16 precision the A10G reaches 70 TFLOPS dense against 61 TFLOPS for the GeForce RTX 3080. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.

Which has more memory, the GeForce RTX 3080 or the A10G?

The A10G carries 24 GB of VRAM versus 12 GB for the GeForce RTX 3080.

How much power do the GeForce RTX 3080 and the A10G draw?

The GeForce RTX 3080 is rated at 350 W TDP and the A10G at 300 W. On FP32 throughput per watt, the A10G is the more efficient part.

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