NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5X

Memory

2560

Cores

320.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1080

N/A May 2016 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

10496

Cores

936.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3090

$919.99 Aug 2020 View Details

$919.99

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016

GeForce GTX 1080

$599 • May 2016

GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

24GB GDDR6X 350W $919.99 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Memory Size	8 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5X	GDDR6X
TDP	180 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1733 MHz	1695 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	320.3 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	2560	10496
RT Cores	N/A	82
TMUs	160	328
ROPs	64	112
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1251 MHz	1219 MHz
Pixel Rate	110.9 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	320.3 GTexel/s	936.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	8.873 GFLOPS	35.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.00 MB	6.00 MB
Die Size	314 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	7200 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	450 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

7282

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

21950 (+201%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

63994

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

211669 (+231%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

89.1 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

247.5 FPS (+178%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

15572

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

26671 (+71%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (78 benchmarks)

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+124%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+135%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+133%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Ludus future

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+150%)

AVG 262 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+160%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+177%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy • TaleWorlds Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+83%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+159%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+185%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valheim

8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access • Iron Gate AB

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+88%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+135%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+141%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

King Arthur Knight's Tale

8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy • NeocoreGames

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+146%)

AVG 288 FPS

MIN 269 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+156%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+148%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

A Total War Saga TROY

8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+69%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+104%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+135%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!

Based on 78 benchmarks across 26 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1080

+131.9%

141

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3090