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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
The GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is an Ampere desktop graphics card launched in January 2022 on the 8nm GA102 chip. It sits between the original 10GB RTX 3080 and the RTX 3080 Ti, with 8960 CUDA cores, 12GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus and a 350W board power.
Pros
- 12GB of GDDR6X on a wide 384-bit bus with 912 GB/s of bandwidth
- More CUDA cores than the original 10GB RTX 3080
- Second-generation RT cores and third-generation Tensor cores
- Supports DLSS and DirectX 12 Ultimate
Cons
- High 350W board power
- No official US launch price was announced
- Lacks DLSS 3 frame generation support of newer cards
- Partner designs only, with cooling and size varying by model
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: rasterization still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process
- 8 nm
- TDP
- 350 W
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 8,960
- RT cores
- 70
- Tensor / AI cores
- 280
- Base clock
- 1,260 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,710 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 12 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6X
- Bus width
- 384 bit
- Bandwidth
- 912 GB/s
Benchmarks
- PassMark G3D
- 26,560Top 23%
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 2
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB good in 2026?
We haven't scored the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB yet: there are no published rasterization benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. The GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is an Ampere desktop graphics card launched in January 2022 on the 8nm GA102 chip. It sits between the original 10GB RTX 3080 and the RTX 3080 Ti, with 8960 CUDA cores, 12GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus and a 350W board power.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB?
VRAM: 12 GB · Boost clock: 1,710 MHz · TDP: 350 W
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
