NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$329.99

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4080

$959.00 Sep 2022 View Details

$959.00

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $959.00 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 (641 benchmarks)

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+51%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+53%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+51%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+53%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+57%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+51%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+48%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+48%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+49%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+43%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+42%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+42%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+41%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 157 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+51%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+50%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+54%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+36%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 641 benchmarks across 177 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+39.7%

105

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080