nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size	8 GB	10 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	215 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	2944	8704
RT Cores	46	68
TMUs	184	272
ROPs	64	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	109.4 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	10.07 GFLOPS	29.77 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	545 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	13600 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 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

10843

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

19022 (+75%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

118637

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

161903 (+36%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

128.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

211.5 FPS (+65%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

18747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

25153 (+34%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (647 benchmarks)

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+74%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+91%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+340%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+165%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+227%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+900%)

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+58%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+57%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+65%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+61%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+54%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+92%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa EVO

6 2025 • Racing, Simulation, Sports, Early Access • KUNOS Simulazioni

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+1650%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 4 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+2350%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+%)

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

DYNASTY WARRIORS ORIGINS

8.6 2025 • Action, RPG, Strategy • KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+73%)

AVG 189 FPS

MIN 167 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+73%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+79%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dragon Age The Veilguard

7.5 2024 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy • BioWare

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+81%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+189%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+500%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!

Based on 650 benchmarks across 152 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

+68.5%

102

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080