ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti TUF Gaming 12GB GDDR6X
The 12GB of GDDR6X memory and 2nd-gen RT cores deliver strong 1440p and ray tracing performance, backed by a durable build with military-grade capacitors and dual ball fan bearings. Its triple-fan Axial-tech cooler with a reversed center fan effectively manages the 175W TDP for sustained boost clocks. This card is best for 1440p gamers seeking high-refresh ray tracing without stepping up to the RTX 3090's price tier.
GPU GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
VRAM 12GB GDDR6X
Boost Clock 2000 MHz
TDP 350 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
57 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong rt (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong feature (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong raster (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average efficiency (33rd percentile)
- Below average connectivity (34th percentile)
What owners think
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 8 |
Memory
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 512 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 7424 |
| Tensor Cores | 232 |
| RT Cores | 58 |
| Base Clock | 2000 |
| Boost Clock | 2000 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 18.71 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 18.71 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 26748 |
| GPU Compute | 15058 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 350 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 8K |
Physical
| Weight | 0.3 kg / 0.7 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti TUF Gaming | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2000 | 2482 | 2730 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 350 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti TUF Gaming | 56.4 | 73.7 | 61.6 | 72.1 | 55 | 72.8 | 72.8 | 32.7 | 33.9 | 36.3 | 39.2 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79 | 92.1 | 85.3 | 88.4 | 87.8 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 73.4 | 94.1 | 88.8 | 21 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85 | 95.2 | 88.5 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 58.8 | 94.1 | 88.8 | 15.9 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.5 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 58.8 | 94.1 | 99.1 | 19.7 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.7 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 83.6 | 95.4 | 84.4 | 91.5 | 54.5 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 15.7 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.5 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 58.8 | 94.1 | 82.5 | 17.6 |
Usage Scores
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