Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4080
- + Release year (+2)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+17,600M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+249 mm²)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+14.64 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+94.10 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+228.70 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+27.6)
- + Normalized score (+6.5)
B
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+196 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + CUDA cores (+512)
- + TMUs (+16)
- + RT cores (+4)
- + Tensor cores (+16)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2007)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+5682)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+2) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 716 GB/s | 912 GB/s (+196 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit | 384 bit (+128 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 110 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 | 10,240 (+512) |
| TMUs | 304 | 320 (+16) |
| ROPs | 112 | 112 |
| RT cores | 76 | 80 (+4) |
| Tensor cores | 304 | 320 (+16) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 48.74 TFLOPS (+14.64 TFLOPS) | 34.10 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 280.60 GPixel/s (+94.10 GPixel/s) | 186.50 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 761.50 GTexel/s (+228.70 GTexel/s) | 532.80 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.8 (+27.6) | 14.2 |
| PassMark (overall) | 24,753 | 26,760 (+2007) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 18,534 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 41,431 | 47,113 (+5682) |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 209,081 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | — |
| Normalized score | 72.8 (+6.5) | 66.3 |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 98 FPS | 64 FPS | +53.1% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 77 FPS | 76 FPS | +1.3% (A) |
| Armored Core 6 | 112 FPS | 115 FPS | 2.7% (B) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 176 FPS | 109 FPS | +61.5% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 115 FPS | 162 FPS | 40.9% (B) |
| Atomic Heart | 121 FPS | 100 FPS | +21% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 111 FPS | 73 FPS | +52.1% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 295 FPS | 263 FPS | +12.2% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 122 FPS | 111 FPS | +9.9% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 160 FPS | 170 FPS | 6.3% (B) |
| Borderlands 3 | 158 FPS | 100 FPS | +58% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 149 FPS | 109 FPS | +36.7% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 164 FPS | 117 FPS | +40.2% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 207 FPS | 175 FPS | +18.3% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 290 FPS | 300 FPS | 3.4% (B) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 207 FPS | 194 FPS | +6.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 149 FPS | 219 FPS | 47% (B) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 105 FPS | 64 FPS | +64.1% (A) |
| Days Gone | 215 FPS | 177 FPS | +21.5% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 113 FPS | 95 FPS | +18.9% (A) |
| Deathloop | 129 FPS | 133 FPS | 3.1% (B) |
| Diablo 4 | 322 FPS | 238 FPS | +35.3% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 234 FPS | 31.5% (B) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 69 FPS | 70 FPS | 1.4% (B) |
| Dying Light 2 | 141 FPS | 69 FPS | +104.3% (A) |
| EA Sports FC 24 | 178 FPS | 194 FPS | 9% (B) |
| EA Sports WRC | 107 FPS | 101 FPS | +5.9% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 119 FPS | 43 FPS | +176.7% (A) |
| F1 22 | 186 FPS | 172 FPS | +8.1% (A) |
| F1 23 | 227 FPS | 193 FPS | +17.6% (A) |
| FIFA 23 | 158 FPS | 81 FPS | +95.1% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 171 FPS | 208 FPS | 21.6% (B) |
| Far Cry 6 | 134 FPS | 91 FPS | +47.3% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 217 FPS | 183 FPS | +18.6% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 129 FPS | 31 FPS | +316.1% (A) |
| Fortnite | 270 FPS | 300 FPS | 11.1% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230 FPS | 250 FPS | 8.7% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 249 FPS | 200 FPS | +24.5% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 199 FPS | 117 FPS | +70.1% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 165 FPS | 153 FPS | +7.8% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 154 FPS | 126 FPS | +22.2% (A) |
| God of War | 138 FPS | 110 FPS | +25.5% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 165 FPS | 112 FPS | +47.3% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 209 FPS | 147 FPS | +42.2% (A) |
| High On Life | 163 FPS | 154 FPS | +5.8% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 134 FPS | 89 FPS | +50.6% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 84 FPS | 63 FPS | +33.3% (A) |
| Lies of P | 226 FPS | 158 FPS | +43% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 91 FPS | 64 FPS | +42.2% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 171 FPS | 151 FPS | +13.2% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 146 FPS | 172 FPS | 17.8% (B) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 95 FPS | 107 FPS | 12.6% (B) |
| Outriders | 151 FPS | 155 FPS | 2.6% (B) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 272 FPS | 157 FPS | +73.2% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 124 FPS | 94 FPS | +31.9% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 122 FPS | 208 FPS | 70.5% (B) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 170 FPS | 190 FPS | 11.8% (B) |
| Resident Evil Village | 239 FPS | 232 FPS | +3% (A) |
| Returnal | 114 FPS | 114 FPS | ≈ |
| Riders Republic | 169 FPS | 101 FPS | +67.3% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 263 FPS | 156 FPS | +68.6% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 75 FPS | 86 FPS | 14.7% (B) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 103 FPS | 117 FPS | 13.6% (B) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 106 FPS | 79 FPS | +34.2% (A) |
| Starfield | 75 FPS | 58 FPS | +29.3% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 120 FPS | 95 FPS | +26.3% (A) |
| The Crew Motorfest | 60 FPS | 60 FPS | ≈ |
| The Finals | 171 FPS | 190 FPS | 11.1% (B) |
| The Last of Us | 118 FPS | 88 FPS | +34.1% (A) |
| The Quarry | 174 FPS | 126 FPS | +38.1% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 334 FPS | 372 FPS | 11.4% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 246 FPS | 144 FPS | +70.8% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 144 FPS | 168 FPS | 16.7% (B) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 167 FPS | 124 FPS | +34.7% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 192 FPS | 157 FPS | +22.3% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 100 FPS | 86 FPS | +16.3% (A) |
| Valorant | 300 FPS | 350 FPS | 16.7% (B) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 239 FPS | 252 FPS | 5.4% (B) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 121 FPS | 107 FPS | +13.1% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 89 FPS | 33 FPS | +169.7% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4080 wins 9 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).