The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 is high-end desktop graphics card based on the Ampere generation. It uses the big GA102 chip and offers 8,704 shaders and 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory.
The gaming performance in 4k is clearly better than the old GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (approximately 15% faster). Therefore, even demanding games should run with maximum detail settings in 4k. Enabling raytracing will however reduce the framerate and therefore maximum details won't be playable.
The RTX3080 is produced in 8nm at Samsung and rated at 320 Watt but the power efficiency is still quite good.
GeForce RTX 3000 Series |
Codename | Ampere GA102 |
Architecture | Ampere |
Pipelines | 8704 - unified |
Core Speed | 1450 - 1710 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 19000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 320 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6X |
Max. Amount of Memory | 24 GB |
Shared Memory | no |
API | DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6 |
Power Consumption | 320 Watt |
Transistor Count | 28 Billion |
technology | 8 nm |
Date of Announcement | 16.09.2020 |
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 15712 avg: 16134 median: 16133.5 (43%) max: 16555 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 17467 avg: 17536 median: 17535.5 (36%) max: 17604 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 470072 avg: 529548 median: 529548 (53%) max: 589024 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 343894 avg: 391512 median: 391512 (46%) max: 439129 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 65313 avg: 70339 median: 70338.5 (66%) max: 75364 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 173402 avg: 188064 median: 188064 (46%) max: 202725 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 29978 avg: 31709 median: 31709 (48%) max: 33440 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 37604 avg: 39257 median: 39257 (36%) max: 40910 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 341116 avg: 408252 median: 408252 (45%) max: 475388 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
min: 59050 avg: 60282 median: 60281.5 (57%) max: 61513 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
min: 114849 avg: 120402 median: 120402 (46%) max: 125954 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 32211 avg: 36325 median: 35564.5 (43%) max: 41958 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 47287 avg: 53094 median: 53713 (41%) max: 57662 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 90427 avg: 91747 median: 91746.5 (27%) max: 93066 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 96470 avg: 98653 median: 98653 (54%) max: 100836 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 46192 avg: 48523 median: 48522.5 (53%) max: 50853 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +3DMark 06
min: 41923 avg: 43089 median: 43089 (56%) max: 44255 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 176.2 avg: 179 median: 179 (54%) max: 181.8 fps
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 66 avg: 68.6 median: 68.6 (17%) max: 71.1 fps
specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 12.85 avg: 13.1 median: 13.1 (2%) max: 13.27 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 180 avg: 190 median: 190 (33%) max: 199.9 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 36.93 avg: 43.9 median: 43.9 (11%) max: 50.8 fps
specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 146 avg: 165.3 median: 165.3 (45%) max: 184.6 fps
specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 16.35 avg: 17.4 median: 17.4 (16%) max: 18.47 fps
specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 65.6 avg: 69.9 median: 69.9 (28%) max: 74.2 fps
specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 116 avg: 121.1 median: 121.1 (20%) max: 126.1 fps
specvp12 3dsmax-05 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 275.6 avg: 275.8 median: 275.8 (42%) max: 276 fps
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 92.4 avg: 94.5 median: 94.5 (25%) max: 96.5 fps
specvp13 snx-03 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 23.22 avg: 23.7 median: 23.7 (3%) max: 24.26 fps
specvp13 showcase-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
specvp13 medical-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 91.8 avg: 95.4 median: 95.4 (16%) max: 99 fps
specvp13 maya-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 360.2 avg: 400.1 median: 400.1 (45%) max: 440 fps
specvp13 energy-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 36.08 avg: 37 median: 37 (12%) max: 37.87 fps
specvp13 creo-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 281.2 avg: 288.1 median: 288.1 (42%) max: 295 fps
specvp13 catia-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 190 avg: 190.2 median: 190.2 (21%) max: 190.4 fps
specvp13 3dsmax-06 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 238.2 avg: 266.1 median: 266.1 (42%) max: 294 fps
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
specvp2020 snx-04 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
specvp2020 medical-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
specvp2020 maya-06 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
specvp2020 energy-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
specvp2020 creo-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
specvp2020 catia-06 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 5112 avg: 5155 median: 5155 (19%) max: 5198 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 12797 avg: 12889 median: 12888.5 (23%) max: 12980 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 39924 avg: 40759 median: 40759 (34%) max: 41594 points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 492 avg: 498.5 median: 498.5 (67%) max: 505 Watt
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 498.3 avg: 502 median: 501.7 (70%) max: 505 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Witcher 3 ultra external Monitor
min: 0.291 avg: 0.3 median: 0.3 (25%) max: 0.301 fps per Watt
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
min: 1570 avg: 1621 median: 1620.5 (64%) max: 1671 MHz
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- Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.