GeForce RTX 3080
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GeForce RTX 3080

Overall Score
53/100
GRADE C · Below Average
Key Technical Specifications
Graphics (GPU) Ampere
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

GeForce RTX 3080 is an engineering-tested graphics cards achieving an overall rating of 53/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
35/100
Rating: Poor
Gaming
54/100
Rating: Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
Fire Strike 42472
Night Raid 133004
Port Royal 11597
Solar Bay 85898
Time Spy 17664
Wild Life Extreme 37900

API

API specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
CUDA 8.6
DLSS DLSS 2
DirectX 12
DisplayPort 1.4a
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes
Vulkan 1.3

Games

Games specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
1080p High 167
1080p Ultra 141
1440p Ultra 108
4K Ultra 64
CoD: Modern Warfare III 15214511073
Counter-Strike 2 27420614982
Cyberpunk 2077 1351177936
Far Cry 6 14513811472
Forza Horizon 5 17011410480
Ghost of Tsushima 109897444
Hogwarts Legacy 119987843
Margin of Error Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21019515182
The Witcher 3 18916511663

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
Backend DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 36822
Face Detection (HP) 46956
Framework ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 9439
Image Segmentation (HP) 25471
Image Super Resolution (Q) 19892
Machine Translation (HP) 4828
Object Detection (SP) 12153
Pose Estimation (Q) 104704
Style Transfer (SP) 246005
Text Classification (SP) 2712

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
API OpenCL
Background Blur 217.3 img/sec
Edge Detection 11 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 141.9 img/sec
Feature Matching 1.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 8.43 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 8.19 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 22538.5 FPS
Stereo Matching 780.7 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
AMD Equivalent -Radeon RX 6800 XT
Architecture Ampere
Build Discrete
Case Desktop
GPU Codename GA102
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Purpose Gaming
Recommended CPU -Intel Core i7 12700Kor above
Released September 1, 2020
Segment High-end
Successor -GeForce RTX 5080
Vendor Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
Base Clock 1440 MHz
Boost Clock 1710 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 68
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 5MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 68
Render Output Units (ROPs) 96
Shading Units 8704
Tensor Cores 272
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 272

Memory

Memory specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
Bus 320-bit
ECC No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1188 MHz
Memory Size 10 GB
Memory Type GDDR6X

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
DirectX 11 207 FPS
DirectX 12 99 FPS
G2D Mark 1062
GPU Compute 14058 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
Die Size 628 mm²
Fabrication Process 8 nm
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Manufacturing Samsung
TGP 320 W
Transistor Count 28 billion
Transistor Density 44.59 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
Pixel Fill Rate 164 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 465 GTexel/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications for GeForce RTX 3080
Specification Value
Date Benchmark
📘 2026-08-06(Henry) Cinebench 2024

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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