NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 2617 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 879.3 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 8960
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1401 vs 1087
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36147 vs 26568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Jan 2025 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 8960
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1401 vs 1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	36147 vs 26568

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 360 Watt
2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 18806 vs 8637

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 360 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806 vs 8637

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

36147

26568

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8637

18806

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1401	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	36147	26568
Geekbench - OpenCL	263511
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8637	18806

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ampere
Code name	GB203	GA102
Launch date	30 Jan 2025	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	6	5
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	10752	8960
Pixel fill rate	293.1 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	360 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	45600 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.8	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR7	GDDR6X