NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5090

$2,955.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$2,955.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	12 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR7
TDP	350 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	8960	21760
RT Cores	70	170
TMUs	280	680
ROPs	96	176
Memory Bus	384-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	30.64 GFLOPS	104.8 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	96.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	750 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	92200 Million
Required PSU	750 W	950 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

53022 (+164%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

419309 (+142%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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

624.6 FPS (+195%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

39505 (+49%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (288 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+155%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+168%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+190%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+77%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+95%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+133%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+110%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+123%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+139%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+123%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+136%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+156%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+114%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+117%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+139%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+86%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+120%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+161%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+90%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+117%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+129%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+127%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+148%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+174%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 288 benchmarks across 79 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+116.4%

141

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090