nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
nvidia
Brand16GB GDDR6X
Memory10240
Cores736.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
$999 • Jan 2024
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2550 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 912.4 GB/s | 736.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 8960 | 10240 |
| RT Cores | 70 | 80 |
| TMUs | 280 | 320 |
| ROPs | 96 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1438 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 285.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 912.4 GTexel/s | 736.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 30.64 GFLOPS | 52.22 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Game Benchmarks Comparison (6 benchmarks)
Mafia: The Old Country
FINAL FANTASY XVI
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Wins!
Based on 6 benchmarks across 2 games
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR6X
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