nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR7
Memory3840
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
GeForce RTX 5060
$299 • May 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 10 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| TDP | 320 W | 145 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2497 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 8704 | 3840 |
| RT Cores | 68 | 30 |
| TMUs | 272 | 120 |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 320-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 119.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 760.3 GTexel/s | 299.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 29.77 GFLOPS | 19.18 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.00 MB | 32.00 MB |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistors | 28300 Million | 21900 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Game Benchmarks Comparison (12 benchmarks)
Dying Light The Beast
Borderlands 4
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ SNAKE EATER
Battlefield 6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!
Based on 12 benchmarks across 4 games
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR7
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