GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 2080 and 12GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 2080 's Advantages
Lower TDP (215W vs 350W)
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 4 months late
More VRAM (12GB vs 8GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (912.4GB/s vs 448.0GB/s)
6016 additional rendering cores
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 2080
10070
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+204%
30640
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 2080
11078
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+68%
18647
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 2080
5146
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+82%
9411
3DMark Speed Way
GeForce RTX 2080
2171
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+134%
5089
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 2080
46
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+91%
88
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 2080
85
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+77%
151
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 2080
127
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+50%
191
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 2080
39
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+56%
61
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 2080
47
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+53%
72
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 2080
67
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+58%
106
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 2080
63
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+73%
109
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 2080
114
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+61%
184
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 2080
158
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+25%
198
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 2080
+12%
106
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
94
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 2080
108
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+31%
142
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 2080
+4%
180
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
172
Graphics Card
Sep 2018
Release Date
Jan 2022
GeForce 20
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1515 MHz
Base Clock
1260 MHz
1710 MHz
Boost Clock
1710 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory Size
12GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR6X
256bit
Memory Bus
384bit
448.0GB/s
Bandwidth
912.4GB/s
Render Config
46
SM Count
70
2944
Shading Units
8960
184
TMUs
280
64
ROPs
96
368
Tensor Cores
280
46
RT Cores
70
64 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
4 MB
L2 Cache
6 MB
Theoretical Performance
109.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
164.2 GPixel/s
314.6 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
478.8 GTexel/s
20.14 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
30.64 TFLOPS
10.07 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
30.64 TFLOPS
314.6 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
478.8 GFLOPS
Board Design
215W
TDP
350W
550 W
Suggested PSU
750 W
1x HDMI 2.0
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x USB Type-C
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
TU104
GPU Name
GA102
TU104-400A-A1
GPU Variant
GA102-220-A1
Turing
Architecture
Ampere
TSMC
Foundry
Samsung
12 nm
Process Size
8 nm
13.6 billion
Transistors
28.3 billion
545 mm²
Die Size
628 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
7.5
CUDA
8.6
6.6
Shader Model
6.8
