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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
59 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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 3080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High238168
1080p Ultra203141
1440p Ultra163108
4K Ultra9763
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy3305717662
Solar Bay15490885932
Port Royal2316311595
Fire Strike7499442429
Night Raid200409132288
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur319.6 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark13961052
DirectX 11322 fps207 fps
DirectX 12148 fps100 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps950.5 fps
Car Chasen/a809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a705.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3525.4 fps
ALU 2n/a6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6034.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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 3080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 10752 8704
TMUs 336 272
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 84 68
Ray Tracing Cores 84 68
Tensor Cores 336 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 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.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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