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

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$329.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 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 (633 benchmarks)

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+60%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+83%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 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 4090 (+71%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+88%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 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 4090 (+88%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+92%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+102%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 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 4090 (+93%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+112%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+107%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City 2

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+56%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+70%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

7.1 2026 • Action, Simulation, Strategy, Massively Multiplayer • Expression Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+69%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+80%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+83%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 633 benchmarks across 173 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+68.7%

129

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090