nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

10496

Cores

936.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

24GB GDDR6X 350W $1499 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Memory Size	10 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	320 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	1695 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	8nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Shading Units	8704	10496
RT Cores	68	82
TMUs	272	328
ROPs	96	112
Memory Bus	320-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1219 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	760.3 GTexel/s	936.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.77 GFLOPS	35.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	6.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	700 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

19022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

21950 (+15%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

161903

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

211669 (+31%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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

247.5 FPS (+17%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

25153

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

26671 (+6%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (84 benchmarks)

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+8%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Ludus future

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 262 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 241 FPS

MIN 228 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 144 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy • TaleWorlds Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+0%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 (+0%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+8%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valheim

8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access • Iron Gate AB

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+0%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 3090 (+0%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Winner

Loser

King Arthur Knight's Tale

8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy • NeocoreGames

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+7%)

AVG 288 FPS

MIN 269 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 268 FPS

MIN 257 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+8%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 202 FPS

MIN 183 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+7%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

Winner

Loser

A Total War Saga TROY

8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+0%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce RTX 3090 (+0%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+3%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+9%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!

Based on 84 benchmarks across 22 games

121

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

+6.6%

130

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3090