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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
GeForce RTX 3060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High238100
1080p Ultra20380
1440p Ultra16358
4K Ultra9732
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy330578748
Solar Bay15490840964
Port Royal231635142
Fire Strike7499422308
Night Raid20040998831
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur319.6 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1396961
DirectX 11322 fps128 fps
DirectX 12148 fps69 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps555.5 fps
Car Chasen/a492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a407.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1940.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.2 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA106
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 10752 3584
TMUs 336 112
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 84 28
Ray Tracing Cores 84 28
Tensor Cores 336 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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