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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
The card that defined pandemic-era GPU lust: a massive generational leap at a $699 MSRP that almost nobody actually paid. Its 10GB frame buffer is the only thing that truly aged.
Pros
- Huge generational leap over Turing
- Strong 4K performance at $699 MSRP
- 760GB/s of GDDR6X bandwidth
- Mature drivers, plentiful used market
Cons
- 10GB VRAM is the weak point today
- 320W with spiky transient draw
- No frame generation support
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process
- 8 nm
- TDP
- 320 W
- Power connector
- 1x 12-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 8,704
- RT cores
- 68
- Tensor / AI cores
- 272
- Base clock
- 1,440 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,710 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 10 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6X
- Bus width
- 320 bit
- Bandwidth
- 760 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 17,600
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 4,700
- PassMark G3D
- 24,500
- 1080p Ultra
- 146 fps
- 1440p Ultra
- 108 fps
- 4K Ultra
- 60 fps
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4 (no FG)
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 earns an Inno Score of 46.6/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The card that defined pandemic-era GPU lust: a massive generational leap at a $699 MSRP that almost nobody actually paid. Its 10GB frame buffer is the only thing that truly aged.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080?
VRAM: 10 GB · Boost clock: 1,710 MHz · TDP: 320 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 17,600
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
