NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$289.99 Jan 2021 View Details

$289.99

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5080

$999.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$999.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $289.99 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Memory Size	12 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	170 W	360 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2617 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	960 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	3584	10752
RT Cores	28	84
TMUs	112	336
ROPs	48	112
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	293.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	879.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	56.28 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	378 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	45600 Million
Required PSU	450 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

36148 (+302%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

297747 (+225%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

410.9 FPS (+276%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

36508 (+116%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (303 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+206%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+220%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+220%)

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+192%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+187%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+240%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+187%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+193%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+243%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+228%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+240%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+258%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+209%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+229%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+272%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+177%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+181%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+247%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+182%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+186%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+221%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+202%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+210%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+293%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!

Based on 303 benchmarks across 81 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+208.5%

104

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080