Archive republication: This article was originally published on 14 September 2020. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.
GeForce RTX 30 Series
Nvidia introduced the GeForce RTX 3070, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090, its first consumer graphics cards based on the Ampere GPU architecture. At launch, Nvidia claimed that even the mid-range RTX 3070 could outperform the previous-generation RTX 2080 Ti in supported workloads.
Launch Schedule and Pricing
The RTX 3080 was scheduled for 17 September 2020 at US$699, followed by the RTX 3090 on 24 September at US$1,499 and the RTX 3070 in October at US$499. These were historical launch prices and are not current purchasing guidance.
Performance varies substantially by renderer, driver, VRAM demand and application, so production teams should benchmark representative scenes rather than rely only on vendor comparisons.
Nvidia published specifications in its RTX 30 Series launch post.
