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 (614 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+66%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+58%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+60%)

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+51%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+43%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+47%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+49%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+44%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+42%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 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 4080 (+53%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+49%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+48%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+45%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+46%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+50%)

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+48%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+47%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+36%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+46%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+41%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 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 4080 (+54%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 614 benchmarks across 169 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+39.5%

106

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080