Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3080 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4080
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+17,600M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+249 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+1024)
- + TMUs (+32)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + RT cores (+8)
- + Tensor cores (+32)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+18.97 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+116.40 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+296.40 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+15.8)
- + PassMark (overall) (+8678)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+7782)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+14237)
B
GeForce RTX 3080
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+44 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
- + Normalized score (+10.0)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 3080
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+2) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+4 GB) | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz (+500 MHz) | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 716 GB/s | 760 GB/s (+44 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit | 320 bit (+64 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 110 W | 115 W (+5 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm (-4 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 45,900M (+17,600M) | 28,300M |
| Die size (mm²) | 379 mm² (+249 mm²) | 628 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 9,728 (+1024) | 8,704 |
| TMUs | 304 (+32) | 272 |
| ROPs | 112 (+16) | 96 |
| RT cores | 76 (+8) | 68 |
| Tensor cores | 304 (+32) | 272 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 48.74 TFLOPS (+18.97 TFLOPS) | 29.77 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 280.60 GPixel/s (+116.40 GPixel/s) | 164.20 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 761.50 GTexel/s (+296.40 GTexel/s) | 465.10 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.8 (+15.8) | 26.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 24,753 (+8678) | 16,075 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 18,534 (+7782) | 10,752 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 41,431 (+14237) | 27,194 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 167,014 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 145,176 |
| Normalized score | 72.8 | 82.8 (+10.0) |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 3080 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 98 FPS | 59 FPS | +66.1% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 77 FPS | 55 FPS | +40% (A) |
| Alone in the Dark | 194 FPS | 155 FPS | +25.2% (A) |
| Anno 117: Pax Romana | 80 FPS | 55 FPS | +45.5% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 176 FPS | 89 FPS | +97.8% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | 69 FPS | 33 FPS | +109.1% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 115 FPS | 117 FPS | 1.7% (B) |
| Atomic Heart | 121 FPS | 85 FPS | +42.4% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 111 FPS | 60 FPS | +85% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 295 FPS | 235 FPS | +25.5% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 122 FPS | 90 FPS | +35.6% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 160 FPS | 130 FPS | +23.1% (A) |
| Battlefield 6 | 115 FPS | 78 FPS | +47.4% (A) |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 71 FPS | 44 FPS | +61.4% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 158 FPS | 95 FPS | +66.3% (A) |
| Borderlands 4 | 59 FPS | 38 FPS | +55.3% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 112 FPS | 74 FPS | +51.4% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 149 FPS | 106 FPS | +40.6% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 164 FPS | 94 FPS | +74.5% (A) |
| Civilization 7 | 131 FPS | 132 FPS | 0.8% (B) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 207 FPS | 114 FPS | +81.6% (A) |
| Control | 157 FPS | 82 FPS | +91.5% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 290 FPS | 212 FPS | +36.8% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 207 FPS | 169 FPS | +22.5% (A) |
| Crimson Desert | 76 FPS | 56 FPS | +35.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 149 FPS | 121 FPS | +23.1% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 105 FPS | 83 FPS | +26.5% (A) |
| Days Gone | 215 FPS | 126 FPS | +70.6% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 206 FPS | 158 FPS | +30.4% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 113 FPS | 73 FPS | +54.8% (A) |
| Deathloop | 129 FPS | 113 FPS | +14.2% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 322 FPS | 181 FPS | +77.9% (A) |
| Doom: The Dark Ages | 95 FPS | 53 FPS | +79.2% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 134 FPS | +32.8% (A) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 69 FPS | 57 FPS | +21.1% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 141 FPS | 87 FPS | +62.1% (A) |
| EA Sports FC 24 | 178 FPS | 149 FPS | +19.5% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 107 FPS | 88 FPS | +21.6% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 59 FPS | +1.7% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 119 FPS | 88 FPS | +35.2% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 78 FPS | 55 FPS | +41.8% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 120 FPS | ≈ |
| F1 22 | 186 FPS | 195 FPS | 4.8% (B) |
| F1 23 | 227 FPS | 184 FPS | +23.4% (A) |
| F1 24 | 210 FPS | 176 FPS | +19.3% (A) |
| F1 25 | 172 FPS | 150 FPS | +14.7% (A) |
| FIFA 23 | 158 FPS | 128 FPS | +23.4% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 171 FPS | 129 FPS | +32.6% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 134 FPS | 65 FPS | +106.2% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 217 FPS | 165 FPS | +31.5% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 129 FPS | 56 FPS | +130.4% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 90 FPS | 61 FPS | +47.5% (A) |
| Fortnite | 270 FPS | 160 FPS | +68.8% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230 FPS | 194 FPS | +18.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 249 FPS | 152 FPS | +63.8% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 6 | 78 FPS | 57 FPS | +36.8% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 199 FPS | 131 FPS | +51.9% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 165 FPS | 137 FPS | +20.4% (A) |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 98 FPS | 71 FPS | +38% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 154 FPS | 149 FPS | +3.4% (A) |
| God of War | 138 FPS | 91 FPS | +51.6% (A) |
| God of War Ragnarök | 140 FPS | 95 FPS | +47.4% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 165 FPS | 124 FPS | +33.1% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 209 FPS | 101 FPS | +106.9% (A) |
| Helldivers 2 | 104 FPS | 86 FPS | +20.9% (A) |
| High On Life | 163 FPS | 133 FPS | +22.6% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 134 FPS | 77 FPS | +74% (A) |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 91 FPS | 63 FPS | +44.4% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 84 FPS | 53 FPS | +58.5% (A) |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 102 FPS | 69 FPS | +47.8% (A) |
| Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 | 112 FPS | 75 FPS | +49.3% (A) |
| Last Epoch | 159 FPS | 168 FPS | 5.7% (B) |
| Lies of P | 226 FPS | 131 FPS | +72.5% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 91 FPS | 66 FPS | +37.9% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 171 FPS | 99 FPS | +72.7% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 146 FPS | 100 FPS | +46% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 95 FPS | 100 FPS | 5.3% (B) |
| Once Human | 147 FPS | 113 FPS | +30.1% (A) |
| Outriders | 151 FPS | 109 FPS | +38.5% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 134 FPS | 97 FPS | +38.1% (A) |
| Pragmata | 114 FPS | 67 FPS | +70.1% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 356 FPS | 307 FPS | +16% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 272 FPS | 218 FPS | +24.8% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 124 FPS | 82 FPS | +51.2% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 122 FPS | 121 FPS | +0.8% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 170 FPS | 140 FPS | +21.4% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 239 FPS | 155 FPS | +54.2% (A) |
| Returnal | 114 FPS | 88 FPS | +29.5% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 169 FPS | 113 FPS | +49.6% (A) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 62 FPS | 36 FPS | +72.2% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 263 FPS | 165 FPS | +59.4% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 115 FPS | 73 FPS | +57.5% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 75 FPS | 77 FPS | 2.7% (B) |
| Space Marine 2 | 56 FPS | 78 FPS | 39.3% (B) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 103 FPS | 104 FPS | 1% (B) |
| Stalker 2 | 56 FPS | 43 FPS | +30.2% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 106 FPS | 68 FPS | +55.9% (A) |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 61 FPS | 40 FPS | +52.5% (A) |
| Starfield | 75 FPS | 52 FPS | +44.2% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 120 FPS | 87 FPS | +37.9% (A) |
| The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered | 77 FPS | 50 FPS | +54% (A) |
| The Finals | 171 FPS | 152 FPS | +12.5% (A) |
| The First Descendant | 119 FPS | 76 FPS | +56.6% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 118 FPS | 76 FPS | +55.3% (A) |
| The Outer Worlds 2 | 74 FPS | 64 FPS | +15.6% (A) |
| The Quarry | 174 FPS | 97 FPS | +79.4% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 334 FPS | 191 FPS | +74.9% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 246 FPS | 149 FPS | +65.1% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 144 FPS | 132 FPS | +9.1% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 167 FPS | 113 FPS | +47.8% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 192 FPS | 134 FPS | +43.3% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 100 FPS | 76 FPS | +31.6% (A) |
| Until Dawn | 78 FPS | 61 FPS | +27.9% (A) |
| Valorant | 300 FPS | 220 FPS | +36.4% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 239 FPS | 238 FPS | +0.4% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 121 FPS | 80 FPS | +51.3% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 89 FPS | 66 FPS | +34.8% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4080 wins 18 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).