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

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

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).