NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

10496

Cores

936.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3090

$919.99 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 3090

GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 • Aug 2020

VS

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Specs Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
24 GB 16 GB
GDDR6XGDDR6X
350 W320 W
N/AN/A
1695 MHz2505 MHz
936.2 GB/s 716.8 GB/s
8nm5nm
AmpereAda Lovelace
10496 9728
82 76
328 304
112112
384-bit 256-bit
1219 MHz1400 MHz
189.8 GPixel/s280.6 GPixel/s
936.2 GTexel/s 716.8 GTexel/s
35.58 GFLOPS48.74 GFLOPS
6.00 MB64.00 MB
628 mm²379 mm²
28300 Million45900 Million
750 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

21950

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

30216 (+38%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Geekbench Background
Geekbench

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

211669

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

217712 (+3%)

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)

247.5 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

320.9 FPS (+30%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Passmark Background
Passmark

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26671

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

34519 (+29%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (3 benchmarks)

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Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6

8.2 2025 Action

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+32%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 122 FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+34%)
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+31%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Winner
Loser

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 3 benchmarks across 1 games

72
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
VS
+32.3%
96
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X

0
Wins
72
Avg FPS
68
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR6X

3
Wins
96
Avg FPS
89
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate

Where to Buy

Newegg
GeForce RTX 3090
$1,510.20 Buy Now
Amazon
GeForce RTX 3090
$919.99 Buy Now
Newegg
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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2025 12GB GDDR7 $549
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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2020 24GB GDDR6X $1499
VS
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2025 16GB GDDR6 $599
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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2020 24GB GDDR6X $1499
VS
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2022 24GB GDDR6 $999
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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2020 24GB GDDR6X $1499
VS
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2024 16GB GDDR6X $799

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