NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080

$449.99 Aug 2020 View Details

VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4080

$959.00 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

VS

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Specs Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
10 GB16 GB
GDDR6XGDDR6X
320 W320 W
N/AN/A
1710 MHz2505 MHz
760.3 GB/s 716.8 GB/s
8nm5nm
AmpereAda Lovelace
87049728
6876
272304
96112
320-bit 256-bit
1188 MHz1400 MHz
164.2 GPixel/s280.6 GPixel/s
760.3 GTexel/s 716.8 GTexel/s
29.77 GFLOPS48.74 GFLOPS
5.00 MB64.00 MB
628 mm²379 mm²
28300 Million45900 Million
700 W700 W
1x 12-pin1x 16-pin
PCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
12.212.2
1.31.3
4.64.6
SamsungTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Background
3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

19022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

30216 (+59%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Geekbench Background
Geekbench

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

161903

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

217712 (+34%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

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

320.9 FPS (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Passmark Background
Passmark

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

25153

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

34519 (+37%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (336 benchmarks)

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Of Ash and Steel

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+38%)
AVG 252 FPS
MIN 197 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 182 FPS
MIN 147 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Where Winds Meet

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play

2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+33%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
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SILENT HILL f

SILENT HILL f

8 2025 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra
| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 4080 (+40%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 119 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Dying Light The Beast

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG

1080p
| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+50%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 126 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
1440p
| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+51%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+48%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Winner
Loser
Borderlands 4 Background
Borderlands 4

Borderlands 4

7.8 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+71%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+68%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+164%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+99%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+117%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+89%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+102%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+89%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+100%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 339 benchmarks across 98 games

83
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
VS
+44%
119
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X

2
Wins
83
Avg FPS
71
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR6X

325
Wins
119
Avg FPS
102
Min FPS
96%
Win Rate

Where to Buy

Newegg
GeForce RTX 3080
$599.00 Buy Now
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GeForce RTX 3080
$449.99 Buy Now
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GeForce RTX 4080
$1,311.38 Buy Now
Amazon
GeForce RTX 4080
$959.00 Buy Now

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VS
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VS
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2020 10GB GDDR6X $699
VS
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