nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $1199 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Memory Size	12 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	350 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2505 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	8960	9728
RT Cores	70	76
TMUs	280	304
ROPs	96	112
Memory Bus	384-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1400 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	716.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	30.64 GFLOPS	48.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	379 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	45900 Million
Required PSU	750 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
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

20091

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

30216 (+50%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

217712 (+26%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

211.5 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

320.9 FPS (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

34519 (+30%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (537 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080 (+48%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+47%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+42%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+42%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+49%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+51%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+45%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+57%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+57%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+55%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+1%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+3%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+0%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+44%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+44%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+54%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+41%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+44%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+53%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+43%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+56%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 537 benchmarks across 152 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+38.5%

108

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080