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 (321 benchmarks)

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+60%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+62%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+60%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+62%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+77%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+68%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+70%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+52%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 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 5080 (+68%)

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 140 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+68%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+71%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 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 5080 (+61%)

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+64%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+65%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 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 5080 (+60%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+69%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+50%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!

Based on 321 benchmarks across 88 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+59.1%

102

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080