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

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

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).