nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	8 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	215 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	2944	8960
RT Cores	46	70
TMUs	184	280
ROPs	64	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	109.4 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	10.07 GFLOPS	30.64 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	545 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	13600 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	750 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

20091 (+85%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

118637

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

173382 (+46%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

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 12 GB

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

18747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

26575 (+42%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (336 benchmarks)

Split Fiction

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+51%)

AVG 165 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+62%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+81%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+80%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+103%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+370%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+176%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+245%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+950%)

AVG 21 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 12 GB (+65%)

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+66%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+77%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 69 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 12 GB (+68%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+62%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+108%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 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 12 GB (+1725%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 4 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+2450%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

DYNASTY WARRIORS ORIGINS

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+81%)

AVG 197 FPS

MIN 175 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+84%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+93%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 336 benchmarks across 95 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

+85.2%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB