nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $1199 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Memory Size	10 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	320 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2505 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	8704	9728
RT Cores	68	76
TMUs	272	304
ROPs	96	112
Memory Bus	320-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1400 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	760.3 GTexel/s	716.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.77 GFLOPS	48.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	379 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	45900 Million
Required PSU	700 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-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	TSMC

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

30216 (+59%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

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 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 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 (335 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+33%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL f

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.

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

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

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

7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gearbox Software

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

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

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

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+59%)

AVG 269 FPS

MIN 238 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+66%)

AVG 214 FPS

MIN 190 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+48%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 338 benchmarks across 97 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

+44%

119

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080