NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

nvidia
Brand16GB GDDR7
Memory10752
Cores960 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5080

nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory10496
Cores936.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080
$999 • Jan 2025
GeForce RTX 3090
$1499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 360 W | 350 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2617 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 936.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 10752 | 10496 |
| RT Cores | 84 | 82 |
| TMUs | 336 | 328 |
| ROPs | 112 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 1219 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 293.1 GPixel/s | 189.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 879.3 GTexel/s | 936.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 56.28 GFLOPS | 35.58 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 64.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 378 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 45600 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 750 W | 750 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Game Benchmarks Comparison (3 benchmarks)



Battlefield 6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Wins!
Based on 3 benchmarks across 1 games

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR7

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
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