NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7
What Buyers Say
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X
The only review mentions a shipping issue that was resolved quickly with a full refund, praising customer service. However, the user never received the GPU itself, so product performance is unrated. The Q&A section asks about warranty, cooling, performance comparison, power requirements, and dimensions, but no answers are provided.
Pros
- Responsive customer service
- Quick refund processing
Cons
- Shipping issue (lost package)
- Product not received
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7
The GIGABYTE AERO GeForce RTX 5080 is highly praised for its all-white aesthetic, fitting perfectly into white-themed builds with only the radiator fins being black. Users confirm it includes a 3x 8pin to 16 pin adapter and a versatile VGA support bracket, and it is compatible with small form factor cases. Overall, sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- All-white aesthetic
- Compatible with small form factor cases
- Includes 3x 8-pin to 16-pin adapter
- Includes versatile VGA support bracket
- White backplate and body
Cons
- Radiator fins are black (not white)
Scores
Specifications
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3090 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 8 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB★ | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 82 | 84★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 35.58000183105469 | 56.279998779296875★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 35.58000183105469 | 56.279998779296875★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 350★ | 360 |
| Recommended PSU | 750★ | 850 |
| Power Connectors | 2 x 8-Pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | — | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 16X | PCI Express 5.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 313 | 304★ |
| Slot Width | — | 2.5★ |
| Form Factor | Full Height | SFF |
| Weight | — | 1.29 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X
- Strong vram (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong ai (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong compute (90th percentile)90th %ile
- Strong rt (79th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average thermal (33rd percentile)
- Below average efficiency (33rd percentile)
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7
- Strong compute (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong raster (95th percentile)95th %ile
Pricing
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7 offers 3.0x better value for money
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7
Verdict
Scores 97 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 19 of 38 specs.
