NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
nvidia
Brand11GB GDDR6
Memory4352
Cores616 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2080 Ti
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory10240
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
11GB GDDR6 250W N/A Sep 2018
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
$999 • Sep 2018
VS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
$1199 • May 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12GB GDDR6X 350W $989.99 May 2021
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 11 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 250 W | 350 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 616 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Turing | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 4352 | 10240 |
| RT Cores | 68 | 80 |
| TMUs | 272 | 320 |
| ROPs | 88 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 352-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 136 GPixel/s | 186.5 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 616 GTexel/s | 912.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 13.45 GFLOPS | 34.1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.50 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 754 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 18600 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 750 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 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
14203
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21408 (+51%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
144745
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
196756 (+36%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
165.2 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
227.3 FPS (+38%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
21619
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
26976 (+25%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (819 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+53%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+53%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+52%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+62%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+67%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+79%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+63%)
AVG 104 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+67%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+79%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+59%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+59%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+67%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+51%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+53%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+47%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+49%)
AVG 171 FPS
MIN 145 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+54%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+57%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+68%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+69%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+58%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+57%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+59%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+63%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+43%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+58%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+50%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Wins!
Based on 819 benchmarks across 205 games
64
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
VS
+45.1%
93
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA • 11GB GDDR6
0
Wins
64
Avg FPS
54
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
800
Wins
93
Avg FPS
78
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
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