NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

10240

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

$989.99 May 2021 View Details

$989.99

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 Ti

12GB GDDR6X 350W $989.99 May 2021

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

$1199 • May 2021

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	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	1665 MHz	2617 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	960 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	10240	10752
RT Cores	80	84
TMUs	320	336
ROPs	112	112
Memory Bus	384-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	186.5 GPixel/s	293.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	879.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	34.1 GFLOPS	56.28 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	6.00 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

21408

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

36148 (+69%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

196756

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

297747 (+51%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

227.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

410.9 FPS (+81%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26976

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

36508 (+35%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (285 benchmarks)

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+48%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+45%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+53%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+50%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+45%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+45%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 42 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 5080 (+60%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+60%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+72%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

Forza Horizon 6

9.5 2026 • Racing, Simulation, Sports • Playground Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+82%)

AVG 173 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+78%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+63%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+80%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+69%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+78%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+93%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+82%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| high

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5080 (+78%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

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 (+81%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+72%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+66%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+73%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+68%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+56%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+191%)

AVG 303 FPS

MIN 280 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+177%)

AVG 249 FPS

MIN 242 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+218%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 181 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+56%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+47%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

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

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+57%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 150 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+56%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5080 (+58%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+135%)

AVG 401 FPS

MIN 349 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 145 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+145%)

AVG 358 FPS

MIN 314 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+164%)

AVG 283 FPS

MIN 253 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!

Based on 285 benchmarks across 77 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

+53.5%

105

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080