Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3080

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3050
  • + Die size (mm²) (+428 mm²)
B GeForce RTX 3080
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+568 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+19,600M)
  • + CUDA cores (+6656)
  • + TMUs (+208)
  • + ROPs (+64)
  • + RT cores (+52)
  • + Tensor cores (+208)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+24.27 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+121.22 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+379.15 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+9.0)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+4197)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+6255)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+15245)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+103549)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+83012)
  • + Normalized score (+19.7)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
 Component B
GeForce RTX 3080
Release year 2021 2021
VRAM (GB) 4 GB 8 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1750 MHz (+250 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 192 GB/s 760 GB/s (+568 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 320 bit (+192 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W 115 W (+40 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors (M) 8,700M 28,300M (+19,600M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+428 mm²) 628 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz —
Boost clock (MHz) 1343 MHz —
CUDA cores 2,048 8,704 (+6656)
TMUs 64 272 (+208)
ROPs 32 96 (+64)
RT cores 16 68 (+52)
Tensor cores 64 272 (+208)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 5.50 TFLOPS 29.77 TFLOPS (+24.27 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 42.98 GPixel/s 164.20 GPixel/s (+121.22 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 85.95 GTexel/s 465.10 GTexel/s (+379.15 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 17.0 26.0 (+9.0)
PassMark (overall) 11,878 16,075 (+4197)
3DMark Time Spy 4,497 10,752 (+6255)
3DMark Fire Strike 11,949 27,194 (+15245)
Geekbench OpenCL 63,465 167,014 (+103549)
Geekbench Vulkan 62,164 145,176 (+83012)
Normalized score 63.1 82.8 (+19.7)

Only in component B

CUDA DLSS ray_tracing

In both

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FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce RTX 3080 Delta
Assassin's Creed Mirage 55 FPS 89 FPS 61.8% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 32 FPS 60 FPS 87.5% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 45 FPS 90 FPS 100% (B)
Battlefield 5 93 FPS 130 FPS 39.8% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 212 FPS 24.7% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 66 FPS 121 FPS 83.3% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 46 FPS 83 FPS 80.4% (B)
Dota 2 118 FPS 134 FPS 13.6% (B)
F1 2021 105 FPS 156 FPS 48.6% (B)
F1 22 86 FPS 195 FPS 126.7% (B)
F1 23 87 FPS 184 FPS 111.5% (B)
Far Cry 5 68 FPS 129 FPS 89.7% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 44 FPS 56 FPS 27.3% (B)
Fortnite 110 FPS 160 FPS 45.5% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 90 FPS 194 FPS 115.6% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 87 FPS 152 FPS 74.7% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 95 FPS 137 FPS 44.2% (B)
Metro Exodus 49 FPS 100 FPS 104.1% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 50 FPS 140 FPS 180% (B)
Returnal 34 FPS 88 FPS 158.8% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 191 FPS 135.8% (B)
The Witcher 3 71 FPS 149 FPS 109.9% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 56 FPS 113 FPS 101.8% (B)
Valorant 150 FPS 220 FPS 46.7% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 66 FPS 6.5% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3080 wins 21 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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