NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR7

Memory

4608

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

$429 Apr 2025 View Details
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

VS

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

$429 • Apr 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
12 GB16 GB
GDDR6XGDDR7
350 W180 W
N/AN/A
1710 MHz2572 MHz
912.4 GB/s 448 GB/s
8nm5nm
AmpereBlackwell 2.0
8960 4608
70 36
280 144
96 48
384-bit 128-bit
1188 MHz1750 MHz
164.2 GPixel/s 123.5 GPixel/s
912.4 GTexel/s 370.4 GTexel/s
30.64 GFLOPS 23.7 GFLOPS
5.00 MB32.00 MB
628 mm²181 mm²
28300 Million 21900 Million
750 W450 W
1x 12-pin1x 8-pin
PCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x8
12.212.2
1.31.4
4.64.6
SamsungTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Background
3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

20091 (+24%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

16185

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

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Geekbench

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382 (+17%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

148626

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

211.5 FPS (+23%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

171.7 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

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Passmark

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575 (+16%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

22918

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (166 benchmarks)

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Where Winds Meet

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+4%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+8%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Assetto Corsa Rally

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 Racing

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+21%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+24%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+24%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Anno 117 Pax Romana

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 Simulation, Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+17%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+20%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+22%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB (+2%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+12%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+22%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Europa Universalis V

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+16%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 111 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+9%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+9%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Jurassic World Evolution 3

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 Simulation, Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+16%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+19%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+13%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
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The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+20%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+17%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+27%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+16%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+11%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+20%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 166 benchmarks across 49 games

64
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
+19.8%
54
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X

157
Wins
64
Avg FPS
52
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR7

4
Wins
54
Avg FPS
44
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate

Most Compared GPUs

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

GeForce RTX 3070

2020 8GB GDDR6 $499
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

2024 16GB GDDR6X $999
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce RTX 4070

2023 12GB GDDR6X $599
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

2021 12GB GDDR6X $1199
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

2020 8GB GDDR6 $399
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Radeon RX 7900 GRE

2023 16GB GDDR6 N/A
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

2019 8GB GDDR6 $699
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

2022 12GB GDDR6X $799
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

GeForce RTX 2080

2018 8GB GDDR6 $699

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