NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5080

$999.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$999.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Memory Size	12 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR7
TDP	350 W	360 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2617 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	960 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	8960	10752
RT Cores	70	84
TMUs	280	336
ROPs	96	112
Memory Bus	384-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	293.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	879.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	30.64 GFLOPS	56.28 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	378 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	45600 Million
Required PSU	750 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
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

36148 (+80%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

297747 (+72%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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

410.9 FPS (+94%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

36508 (+37%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (261 benchmarks)

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Background

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+87%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+79%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+75%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+79%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+72%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+200%)

AVG 303 FPS

MIN 280 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+186%)

AVG 249 FPS

MIN 242 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+229%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 181 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+60%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+52%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 150 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+61%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+65%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+142%)

AVG 401 FPS

MIN 349 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 141 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+152%)

AVG 358 FPS

MIN 314 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+175%)

AVG 283 FPS

MIN 253 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

Winner

Loser

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+56%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+54%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+55%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

CODE VEIN II DEMO

7.8 2026 • Action, RPG • Bandai Namco Studios Inc.

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5080 (+70%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

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 5080 (+60%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+56%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!

Based on 261 benchmarks across 73 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+58.1%

105

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080