NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti’s GA102-225 GPU pictured and specifications leaked

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU pictured and tested in ETH Mining

The RTX 3080 Ti is definitely coming. 

After numerous delays, NVIDIA has finally settled to launch its new enthusiast graphics card in May, multiple source claim. As we approach the launch of GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, the usual cycle of specs and pricing rumors floating around the web has begun. This means that the launch is indeed imminent.

NVIDIA GA102-225 GPU

A source has provided a first photograph of the new Ampere GPU. As reported earlier, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is based on GA102-225 GPU. This variant will feature 10240 CUDA cores and it will be paired with 12GB of GDDR6X memory.

NVIDIA GA102-225 GPU, Source: VideoCardz

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ethereum mining?

A small note before we go into mining hash rate. It appears that the graphics card is not recognized by the driver. It is possible that the sample being tested dates before NVIDIA introduced its alleged crypto mining limiter. It is said that NVIDIA will be releasing new variants of its entire RTX 30 series which would feature both crypto limiter and ResizableBAR support. Before this was communicated to AIBs, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti qualification samples did not have the limiter. This was revealed by Igor’sLAB. We do not know which qualification sample was tested by the leaker, nor of this score is true, but it is possible that the mining performance represented in this leak actually features a sample that has no limiter implemented.

According to the screenshot, this particular GeForce RTX 3080 Ti sample would offer an ETH mining hash rate of 118.9 Mh/s. That’s a lot. But this is also after optimizations (we can see that the TDP is reduced to 278W and the memory clock is 21.4 Gbps).  Such a mining performance would certainly not go unnoticed by miners. After all, literally, the first performance leak of RTX 3080 Ti features mining performance. It just proves how big of a problem it has become.

This leak also reveals RTX 3080 Ti clock speeds of 1365 MHz base and 1665 MHz boost. That’s lower than both RTX 3080 and RTX 3090. A reduction in clock speeds was to be expected though. This model would pose a threat to NVIDIA’s own flagship and that’s something NVIDIA cannot allow to happen. The 12GB GDDR6X memory appears to be set to 1188 MHz by default, which confirms 19 Gbps speed, just as RTX 3080.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in ETH mining, Source: VideoCardz

RUMORED NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Specifications
VideoCardz	RTX 3090	RTX 3080 Ti	RTX 3080	RTX 3070 Ti	RTX 3070
Picture		[ to be leaked ]		[ to be leaked ]
GPU	GA102-300	GA102-225	GA102-200	GA104-400	GA104-300
GPU Clusters	82	~80	68	48	46
CUDAs	10496	~10240	8704	6144	5888
RTs	82	~80	68	48	46
Tensors/TMUs	328	~320	272	192	184
ROPs	112	~112	96	96	96
Base Clock	1395 MHz	1365 MHz	1440 MHz	TBC	1500 MHz
Boost Clock	1695 MHz	1665 MHz	1710 MHz	TBC	1725 MHz
Memory	24 GB G6X	12 GB G6X	10 GB G6X	8 GB G6X	8 GB G6
Bus	384-bit	384-bit	320-bit	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	19.5 Gbps	~19 Gbps	19 Gbps	~19 Gbps	14 Gbps
Bandwidth	936 GB/s	~912 GB/s	760 GB/s	~608 GB/s	448 GB/s
TDP	350W	~320W	320W	TBC	220W
MSRP	$1,499	~$999	$699	TBC	$499
Release Date	Sep 24th, 2020	May 2021	Sep 17th, 2020	May 2021	Oct 29th, 2020