Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
65 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. 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 Ti
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 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High238179
1080p Ultra203153
1440p Ultra163119
4K Ultra9770
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy3305719630
Solar Bay15490896489
Port Royal2316313261
Fire Strike7499447892
Night Raid200409143788
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur319.6 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark13961088
DirectX 11322 fps223 fps
DirectX 12148 fps111 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1039 fps
Car Chasen/a860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a743.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3834.2 fps
ALU 2n/a6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.1 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 3, 2021
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 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 10752 10240
TMUs 336 320
ROPs 112 112
Execution Units 84 80
Ray Tracing Cores 84 80
Tensor Cores 336 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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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