GeForce RTX 3080 vs GTX 295

Place in performance ranking	716	22
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.17	23.57
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GT200B	Ampere GA102
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	8 January 2009 (15 years ago)	16 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$500	$699
Current price	$200 (0.4x MSRP)	$823 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3080 has 13765% better value for money than GTX 295.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	240	8704
CUDA cores	480	no data
CUDA cores per GPU	240	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	1450 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	289 Watt	320 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion/sec	465.1
Floating-point performance	2x 596.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	285 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	1x 12-pin
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	10 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	896 MB	no data
Memory bus width	896 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	19000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	223.8 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory interface width per GPU	448 Bit	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIHDMI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)

128bit

no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 295 3.12

RTX 3080 65.48
+1999%

RTX 3080 outperforms GTX 295 by 1999% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 295 1206

RTX 3080 25284
+1997%

RTX 3080 outperforms GTX 295 by 1997% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	7−8 −2229%	163 +2229%
1440p	5−6 −2380%	124 +2380%
4K	4−5 −2000%	84 +2000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

120−130

−1963%

2600−2650
+1963%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 −1995%	2200−2250 +1995%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	111 −1972%	2300−2350 +1972%
Battlefield 5	200−210 −1981%	4350−4400 +1981%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −1969%	2400−2450 +1969%
Cyberpunk 2077	138 −1965%	2850−2900 +1965%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −1987%	2400−2450 +1987%
Far Cry New Dawn	150−160 −1975%	3300−3350 +1975%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −1991%	4350−4400 +1991%
Hitman 3	116 −1969%	2400−2450 +1969%
Horizon Zero Dawn	272 −1996%	5700−5750 +1996%
Metro Exodus	144 −1983%	3000−3050 +1983%
Red Dead Redemption 2	131 −1961%	2700−2750 +1961%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	383 −1989%	8000−8050 +1989%
Watch Dogs: Legion	134 −1990%	2800−2850 +1990%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 −1995%	2200−2250 +1995%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	96 −1983%	2000−2050 +1983%
Battlefield 5	200−210 −1981%	4350−4400 +1981%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −1969%	2400−2450 +1969%
Cyberpunk 2077	134 −1990%	2800−2850 +1990%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −1987%	2400−2450 +1987%
Far Cry New Dawn	150−160 −1975%	3300−3350 +1975%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −1991%	4350−4400 +1991%
Hitman 3	99 −1971%	2050−2100 +1971%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 −1983%	5750−5800 +1983%
Metro Exodus	134 −1990%	2800−2850 +1990%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130 −1977%	2700−2750 +1977%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	326 −1986%	6800−6850 +1986%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	303 −1996%	6350−6400 +1996%
Watch Dogs: Legion	238 −1980%	4950−5000 +1980%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 −1995%	2200−2250 +1995%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	88 −1945%	1800−1850 +1945%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −1969%	2400−2450 +1969%
Cyberpunk 2077	131 −1961%	2700−2750 +1961%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −1987%	2400−2450 +1987%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −1991%	4350−4400 +1991%
Horizon Zero Dawn	182 −1988%	3800−3850 +1988%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	287 −1991%	6000−6050 +1991%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	149 −1981%	3100−3150 +1981%
Watch Dogs: Legion	101 −1979%	2100−2150 +1979%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

131

−1961%

2700−2750
+1961%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160 −1986%	3150−3200 +1986%
Far Cry New Dawn	144 −1983%	3000−3050 +1983%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −1939%	1550−1600 +1939%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 −1939%	1550−1600 +1939%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −1959%	2100−2150 +1959%
Cyberpunk 2077	86 −1993%	1800−1850 +1993%
Far Cry 5	135 −1974%	2800−2850 +1974%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 −1978%	3200−3250 +1978%
Hitman 3	112 −1998%	2350−2400 +1998%
Horizon Zero Dawn	151 −1986%	3150−3200 +1986%
Metro Exodus	107 −1956%	2200−2250 +1956%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	219 −1978%	4550−4600 +1978%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 −1969%	2400−2450 +1969%
Watch Dogs: Legion	81 −1937%	1650−1700 +1937%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

130

−1977%

2700−2750
+1977%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 −1989%	1650−1700 +1989%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −1977%	1350−1400 +1977%
Hitman 3	57 −1918%	1150−1200 +1918%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −1992%	2050−2100 +1992%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	86 −1993%	1800−1850 +1993%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	115 −1987%	2400−2450 +1987%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −1975%	1100−1150 +1975%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	52 −1919%	1050−1100 +1919%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −1983%	1000−1050 +1983%
Cyberpunk 2077	43 −1993%	900−950 +1993%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −1965%	950−1000 +1965%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −1983%	2250−2300 +1983%
Horizon Zero Dawn	116 −1969%	2400−2450 +1969%
Metro Exodus	89 −1979%	1850−1900 +1979%
Watch Dogs: Legion	54 −1937%	1100−1150 +1937%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95
−1953%

1950−2000

+1953%

This is how GTX 295 and RTX 3080 compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 is 2229% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 is 2380% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 is 2000% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.12	65.48
Recency	8 January 2009	16 September 2020
Cost	$500	$699
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	10 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	289 Watt	320 Watt