NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

N/A Jan 2022 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$3,390.00

$2,591.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W N/A Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	12 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	350 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	8960	16384
RT Cores	70	128
TMUs	280	512
ROPs	96	176
Memory Bus	384-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	30.64 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	750 W	850 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

42193 (+110%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

316301 (+82%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

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

615.9 FPS (+191%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

38309 (+44%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (558 benchmarks)

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure • Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+91%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+103%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+83%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+87%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 180 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+77%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+86%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+49%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 185 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+86%)

AVG 248 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+89%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 258 FPS

MIN 219 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 131 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+86%)

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+84%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 558 benchmarks across 155 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+67.7%

132

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090