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GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
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VRAM
12 GB
CUDA
8,960
FP32
30.64 TF
Bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
TDP
350W
Boost
1710 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute30.64 TFLOPS29%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth912.4 GB/s51%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity12 GB38%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units8,96041%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency28/10048%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy23,040pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)11,700pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)3,328spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute160,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming64
Ray tracing65
AI / Compute67
Creator / 3D64
Power efficiency28
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 97 fps
1080p
160
1440p
90
4K
42
Counter-Strike 2avg 192 fps
1080p
294
1440p
196
4K
85
Fortniteavg 180 fps
1080p
315
1440p
150
4K
76
Battlefield 5avg 147 fps
1080p
170
1440p
160
4K
112
Far Cry 5avg 129 fps
1080p
146
1440p
143
4K
99
Valorantavg 364 fps
1080p
364
1440p
412
4K
315
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
171fps
1440p
114fps
4K
87fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($799) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$4.10
1440p
$6.14
4K
$10.28
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
People love the sheer 4K gaming punch and how it handles ray tracing without breaking a sweat. The common complaint is it runs hot and drinks power like a thirsty V8.
Pros
- Plays demanding games without stuttering
- Runs hot but handles the load
- Great for high resolution gaming
- Still fast enough for modern titles
Cons
- 12GB VRAM can limit high-res textures
- Power hungry and runs very hot
- Only a minor upgrade from 10GB version
Supported technologies
Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 8,960
- RT Cores
- 70
- Tensor Cores
- 280
- TMUs
- 280
- ROPs
- 96
- L2 cache
- 6 MB
Memory
- Size
- 12 GB
- Type
- GDDR6X
- Bus width
- 384-bit
- Bandwidth
- 912.4 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1188 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1260 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1710 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 30.64 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 30.64 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 164 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 478.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 350W
- Suggested PSU
- 650W
- Power connectors
- 1x 12-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- Length
- 285 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.8
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 8.6
Verdict
Our verdict on the RTX 3080 12 GB
This is a late-life Ampere refresh that mostly just adds more VRAM to an already fast card.
Get it if you need more VRAM for 4K gaming or creative work than the 10GB version offers. Skip it if you can find the 10GB model cheaper or don't need the extra memory.
Buy it if…
- You want max 1440p or solid 4K gaming today.
- You need high VRAM for mods and heavy texture packs.
- You’re building a high-end rig and find a good used deal.
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