NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980
nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 165 W | 320 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1216 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 760.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 8704 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 68 |
| TMUs | 128 | 272 |
| ROPs | 64 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 320-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 77.82 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 760.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.981 GFLOPS | 29.77 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 5.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
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