NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3080 sales 16 September 2020 at a recommended price of $699 . This is a high-end Ampere architecture desktop card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 10 GB of GDDR6X memory clocked at 19 GHz are supplied, and together with 320 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 285 mm. 1x 12-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 320 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 65.36% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3080: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking23
Place by popularity79
Value for money21.21
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameAmpere GA102
Market segmentDesktop
Release date16 September 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$699
Current price$823 (1.2x MSRP)of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce RTX 3080's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3080's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8704of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed1450 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed1710 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors28,300 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology8 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)320 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate465.1of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3080 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16
Length285 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3080: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount10 GBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width320 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed19000 MHzof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth760.3 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3080. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI+

API support

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3080, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2
CUDA8.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3080. 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.

RTX 3080 65.36

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%

RTX 3080 25329

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3080 91747

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3080 53713

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3080 39257

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3080 188064

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 3080 167986

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 3080 529548

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 3080 146497

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 3080 202162

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 165

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 69

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 13

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 121

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Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 70

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 44

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 190

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Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 17

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 3080 276

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3080 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD164
1440p122
4K85

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 120−130

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 111
Battlefield 5 172
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 160−170
Cyberpunk 2077 138
Far Cry 5 157
Far Cry New Dawn 129
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
Hitman 3 172
Horizon Zero Dawn 166
Red Dead Redemption 2 152
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 194
Watch Dogs: Legion 134

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 96
Battlefield 5 156
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 160−170
Cyberpunk 2077 134
Far Cry 5 150
Far Cry New Dawn 124
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
Hitman 3 167
Horizon Zero Dawn 149
Metro Exodus 128
Red Dead Redemption 2 119
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 187
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 303
Watch Dogs: Legion 119

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
Battlefield 5 145
Cyberpunk 2077 131
Far Cry 5 140
Far Cry New Dawn 112
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 149
Watch Dogs: Legion 101

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
Hitman 3 164
Horizon Zero Dawn 131
Metro Exodus 95
Red Dead Redemption 2 84
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
Battlefield 5 124
Cyberpunk 2077 86
Far Cry 5 135
Far Cry New Dawn 107
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
Watch Dogs: Legion 81

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
Hitman 3 109
Horizon Zero Dawn 44
Metro Exodus 65
Red Dead Redemption 2 56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 86
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 52
Battlefield 5 91
Cyberpunk 2077 43
Far Cry 5 94
Far Cry New Dawn 89
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
Watch Dogs: Legion 54

Relative perfomance

GeForce RTX 3080's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 3080 is RTX 4000 Ada Generation, which is faster by 1% and higher by 1 position in our ranking.

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Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce RTX 3080 according to our statistics.

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