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

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	10 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	320 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	8704	16384
RT Cores	68	128
TMUs	272	512
ROPs	96	176
Memory Bus	320-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	760.3 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.77 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	700 W	850 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

42193 (+122%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

161903

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

316301 (+95%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

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

615.9 FPS (+191%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

25153

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

38309 (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (344 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

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

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+84%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 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 4090 (+59%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 134 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 4090 (+86%)

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 154 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+90%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+95%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 75 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 4090 (+109%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+113%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+273%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 31 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 4090 (+99%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+146%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+130%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+102%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+133%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+155%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 37 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 4090 (+103%)

AVG 343 FPS

MIN 318 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+115%)

AVG 277 FPS

MIN 235 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+120%)

AVG 174 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 350 benchmarks across 97 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

+72.6%

145

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090