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

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 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 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 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 (486 benchmarks)

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+73%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+79%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

Titan Quest II

7.8 2025 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Grimlore Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+74%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+80%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Tales of the Shire A The Lord of The Rings Game Background

Tales of the Shire A The Lord of The Rings Game

7.8 2025 • Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation • Wētā Workshop

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+2%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+28%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+85%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Killing Floor 3

7 2025 • Action • Tripwire Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+86%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+91%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+100%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

WUCHANG Fallen Feathers

7 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Leenzee

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+78%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+82%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mecha BREAK

7.6 2025 • Action, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play • Amazing Seasun Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+77%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+85%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+87%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 486 benchmarks across 136 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+67.7%

133

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090